Helene Stapinski
Auteur de Five-Finger Discount: A Crooked Family History
A propos de l'auteur
Helene Stapinski began her career at her hometown newspaper and since then has written for The New York Times, New York magazine, and People, among other publications. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and son.
Œuvres de Helene Stapinski
Murder In Matera: A True Story of Passion, Family, and Forgiveness in Southern Italy (2017) 110 exemplaires
MISTERO A MATERA 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1965-03-03
- Sexe
- female
- Lieu de naissance
- Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Études
- New York University
Columbia University
Membres
Critiques
The publisher of DC Comics comes to the rescue of a family trying to flee Nazi Berlin, their lives linking up with a dazzling cast of 20th-century icons, all eagerly pursuing the American Dream. In an editorial review in the NY Times, Kurt Andersen wrote: “The American Way reads like a Michael Chabon novel inspired by a Billy Wilder or Ernst Lubitsch movie, only all the more remarkable because every bit—the plot twists and coincidences, the thrills and chills—is true.”
I really enjoyed this book - I have read several others by Ms Stapinski, in particular I enjoyed Five-Finger Discount, which I thought was hilarious, so reading this was pretty automatic (although I admit, it sat on the shelf for a while awaiting its turn). It didn't quite have the inner reveal that Five Finger did, so that is why I gave it four stars, but still. I could relate to the whispered stories of her family members and I applaud her efforts to uncover the truth, no matter where that took her. Her descriptions are vivid and spot on. If you have an interest in Italian American history, add this one to your reading list. Good story well told - the kind of book I didn't want to finish too soon, if you know what I mean… (plus d'informations)
Funny, tough childhood growing up in Italian-Polish New Jersey in the 70s. Very evocative of a time and place but halfway through I just lost interest in the genealogy of family criminals.
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 5
- Membres
- 387
- Popularité
- #62,499
- Évaluation
- 3.6
- Critiques
- 11
- ISBN
- 24
- Favoris
- 1
Very well written, centuries of peasants dominated and exploited by "the North" Italians and others plays out through generations and factors in to the huge migration of Southern Italians to the United States. A combination of deep and meticulous research, it would be of particular interest to those of Southern Italian heritage (given the detailed history of the area presented), and historical (non)fiction fans.
It could also function as an ad hoc local tourist guidebook of the area; or if one prefers to "cut to the chase" after the first few chapters, go to chapter 28 and continue reading.… (plus d'informations)