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St. Louis, nel Missouri, è una città paralizzata dall'immobilismo e dall'apatia e l'unico avvenimento che un giorno riesce a scuoterla dal torpore è l'arrivo del nuovo capo della polizia, S. Jammu, indiana di Bombay. Jammu è giovane, ha un grande carisma, e, non appena si insedia, comincia a rendersi conto che a St. Louis i cittadini più in vista sono coinvolti in un intrigo politico-economico di dimensioni gigantesche. Così decide di mettere loro alle calcagna degli uomini fidati per frugare fin negli angoli più reconditi della loro esistenza. Senza sapere che questa la costringerà a frugare anche nella propria.
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- Data di uscita: 18-07-2014
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In the running for one of the worst books I've ever read. When I think of the hours I wasted on this, I want to cry rage-tears. One week later ... It took me a while to fully understand why I loathed this book. Finally, after a weekend camping with friends and their families and their friends and their Leggi tutto
During the decades after the American Civil War St. Louis grew to become America's 4th largest city, by the 1980s it was the 27th! Jonathan Franzen 's monster of a debut takes the appointment of one-time Bombay police chief, the American born S Jammu, as Chief of Police of the St. Louis County as the Leggi tutto
”His face was sifting through her hair, seeking skin. She twisted around in his arm and let him kiss her throat. Over his slicked-back hair she saw the hotel room’s ‘luxurious’ bedspread, its ‘contemporary’ art print, the ‘distinctive’ roughcast ceiling. He unbuttoned the top of her blouse, snorting Leggi tutto
What follows is the intro to a (for now) abandoned attempt to a long piece on this novel that was based on some academic work (which can be found on my academia.edu page) that I had done on it. If you are on the fence about reading T27C, though, do consider clicking through to the Millions and LARB
I love Jonathan Franzen but this book frustrated the hell out of me. It’s so close to being a four star read or even better than that. But, it just can’t get out of its own way. I can’t even begin to describe the plot. There are an enormous amount of characters. That became a problem when one of the Leggi tutto
Featured in my Top 5 Jonathan Franzen Books: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKJrZ... Video-review: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68qnEs... An incredible debut novel, a wonderfully Pynchonian work, and proof that Franzen can be awesome even with something different from the Midwestern Family Saga.
Hey, uh, Jonathan, I'd like my week back. That week I spent reading this piece of you-know-what? I know, I know, I read you backwards. Totally my mistake. I started with The Corrections several years ago, which I dearly loved. Then I read Strong Motion, which wasn't nearly as satisfying, but was sti Leggi tutto
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