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Chargement... The Way of the Dogpar Sam Savage
   Aucun Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre.   ) ChetBowers | Mar 10, 2021 |   ) snash | Jan 9, 2017 | He’s a watchful, jaded observer of the human condition. To Harold, “even the most banal events and objects are steeped in mystery,” but “life is only reproduction and death.” He occasionally describes himself as insane. As a young man, he considered himself “A harsh critic of contemporary society, a penetrating social critic” but “I see now that I was just a chronic complainer.” The Way of The Dog is an insightful story of aging and a life not fruitfully lived, and of a critic harsher on himself in the end than he has been on anyone else. ( )1  Hagelstein | Apr 20, 2013 | aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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HTML: "Sam Savage [creates] some of the most original, unforgettable characters in contemporary fiction. . . . Readers are left with a voice so strong that Savage is able to derive significance from these events by sheer literary force."??Kevin Larimer, Poets & Writers "Savage's skill is in creating complex first-person characters using nothing but their own voice."??Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times "[Savage] creates one of the most intriguing stories??and one of the most vivid characters??that this reader has encountered this year."??The Writer Sam Savage's most intimate, tender novel yet follows Harold Nivenson, a decrepit, aging man who was once a painter and arts patron. The death of Peter Meinenger, his friend turned romantic and intellectual rival, prompts him to ruminate on his own career as a minor artist and collector and make sense of a lifetime of gnawing doubt. Over time, his bitterness toward his family, his gentrifying neighborhood, and the decline of intelligent artistic discourse gives way to a kind of peace within himself, as he emerges from the shadow of the past and finds a reason to live, every day, in "the now." Sam Savage is the best-selling author of Firmin: Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife, The Cry of the Sloth, and Glass. A native of South Carolina, Savage holds a PhD in philosophy from Yale University. He resides in Madison, Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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