Andrew J. Fenady (1928–2020)
Auteur de The Rebel: Johnny Yuma
Œuvres de Andrew J. Fenady
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Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1928-10-04
- Date de décès
- 2020-04-16
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Toledo, Ohio, USA
- Lieu du décès
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Cause du décès
- natural causes
- Lieux de résidence
- Toledo, Ohio, USA
Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
Pleasantville, New York, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA - Études
- University of Toledo (Ohio, USA)
- Professions
- producer, film & television
screenwriter
playwright
novelist - Relations
- Fenady, George (sibling)
- Prix et distinctions
- Owen Wister Award (2006)
Membres
Critiques
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 20
- Aussi par
- 1
- Membres
- 145
- Popularité
- #142,479
- Évaluation
- 3.6
- Critiques
- 4
- ISBN
- 82
There's quite an assortment of characters and different storylines in the book, each with their own relevant enough places. But is it needless to say that Shad's side of it all, along with the children, is what gripped me the most?
I mean, Shad isn't evil, but the hard, dark nature to his character is believable. Not corny, caricatural, or like a cheap costume that a little wind of kindness or affection could blow right off of him. And the young set of siblings he's extremely displeased to meet aren't just pitiable little creatures to make for a simplistic and maudlin "we're such the orphans" tale. It's a shame the children have had to face so much, but their humanity and how they handle difficult situations makes them interesting.
How they deal with Shad makes them interesting. And there came a point when I couldn't put the book down until I finished it.
Now, off the main topic and although this isn't religious fiction: I can't not point out that while a certain character correctly quotes the biblical Ruth as saying "whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge," that character is incorrect in saying Ruth spoke those words to her husband. It was Ruth's mother-in-law, Naomi, that Ruth spoke those words of devotion to.
Anyhow.
I actually read an earlier edition of The Christmas Trespassers, which originally had the title Runaways. A fitting title, that was, especially in light of the story's spot-on ending for Shad.… (plus d'informations)