Una vita allo sbando

This is the twelfth Anne Tyler novel I've read, and it's not among my favourites. Although it's unlike any of her other novels, there's something slight and tentative about it. I'd chalk it up to Tyler's age – she was in her 20s when she wrote it – if I hadn't really liked her first novel, If Mornin Leggi tutto

My first Anne Tyler, and possibly an idiosyncratic one. This is the tale of Evie Drake, an outwardly placid girl who commits a bizarre act: after developing what initially seems to be a mild interest in local musician Drum Casey, she carves his name into her forehead. I was reeled in by the drama of Leggi tutto

I read this book having failed to complete a viewing of the movie; reading the book has put me more firmly in the "what on earth were they thinking" camp. It is, I think, the worst film adaptation I have ever encountered. It succeeds on no level. I suppose I suggest you watch it, try to guess what t Leggi tutto

"I'll never get anywhere. I ain't but nineteen years old and already leading a slipping down life." Ok, not to spoiler your reading experience to come but this line was my favorite moment in this book and made me think of my favorite novel about the anticlimactic reality of adulthood, Rabbit, Run . Thi Leggi tutto

If you are wanting to read any Anne Tyler novels, do NOT start with this one. I would encourage you to check out her later works and after you've read a few, then you should read this and her earlier two works. In an interview, Tyler mentioned that she does not really acknowledge these first three b Leggi tutto

I read the reviews before I read this book, contrary to the general opinion, I found this earlier book quite enjoyable. To me, this is a song and Anne Tyler later wrote symphonies. Evie Decker is an overweight seventeen-year-old. I identified with her shyness and awkwardness at that age. She only had Leggi tutto