Beautiful, lyrical writing, as usual - this time as a love letter to Chicago - with an acknowledgement that this is autobiographical. This book is a very pleasant read. They will be more than thrilled by the mention of our home town at a White Sox game. I guarantee that you will be charmed by Brian Doyle's telling of this young man's discovery and the ensuing mystery surrounding the lives of his eccentric and mercurial neighbors. He is also the editor of several anthologies, including Ho`olaule`a, a collection of writing about the Pacific islands. "In this gorgeous novel, the protagonist is the setting. He gets a little extra mileage out of "Edward" the precocious (magical realism) canine who really steals the show but otherwise lays out a typical cast of Chicago-like characters who resonate believability. A memorable book for all readers. Wählen Sie eine Sprache für Ihren Einkauf. Hinzufügen war nicht erfolgreich. He rents a small apartment by the lake, on the north end of the city. For those who love Doyle, you will undoubtedly fall into this novel. A first-person tale immersed within Chicago, like his previous novels it has its wandering, semicolon-driven lists, its comfortable dose of magical realism with talking animals, and its guiding, historical muse [in this case, Abraham Lincoln, but not nearly as overt as in his previous works]. I could even hear the Wrigley field organ from my apartment whenever the Cubs were in town. Momentanes Problem beim Laden dieses Menüs. --Peter Matthiessen, National Book Award-winning author of Shadow Country "Doyle's sleights of hand, word, and reality burr up off the page the way bits of heather burr out of a handmade Irish sweater yet the same sweater is stained indigenous orange by a thousand Netarts Bay salmonberries." Nachdem Sie Produktseiten oder Suchergebnisse angesehen haben, finden Sie hier eine einfache Möglichkeit, diese Seiten wiederzufinden. 12 Personen fanden diese Informationen hilfreich, Rezension aus den Vereinigten Staaten vom 23. As much as anything, this book is a nostalgic love song to the city of Chicago. Chicago was Doyle's city of the heart. --Paste Magazine, "This coming-of-age novel follows a young grad student who moves to the city and meets a wide cast of colorful characters during his five-season stay. Picador Paper; Reprint Edition (14. --Laura Kasischke, National Book Critics Circle Award winner for Space, In Chains, "Page follows page of evocative writing as Doyle celebrates "the shopkeepers and cops and nuns and bus drivers and carpenters and teachers who composed the small vibrant villages that collectively were the real Chicago." And when the writer's love for the Windy City (and city life in general) shines through, as it often does, it can be dazzling. He is a journalist and he writes about the people around him: the gangsters, the bus driver, gamblers, his girlfriend, his boss, the owner of the apartment building where he lives, the man who manages the apartment building, and some of the ten. Brian Doyle captures the rhythms, sights, streets and architecture, screech of trains, broad sidewalks, shady and decent souls, animals and trees, the movement and scent of sunlight and air, the vast Lake Michigan--and if that's not enough, he tells the stories with joyful magical realism. I can't believe I hadn't heard about this book, which is only three or four years old, though it's set in the early 80s. Chicago: A Novel (English Edition) eBook: Brian Doyle: Amazon.de: Kindle-Shop. Welcome back. Edward was the other main character - I thought........ he was the amazing dog. --Mary Oliver, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, "Brian Doyle has a fine quick mind alert for anomaly and quirk--none of them beyond his agile pen." It's a bit like a sweeter, slightly more naive version of The Elegance of the Hedgehog (apartment building filled with quirky, lovable characters). I am pretty sure there is reference to the main character's name, but I cannot find it. 4 Personen fanden diese Informationen hilfreich. On the last day of summer, some years ago, a young college graduate moves to Chicago and rents a small apartment on the north side of the city, by the vast and muscular lake. I had absolutely no connection with the main character and felt the desperation for it to be a literary gem - with a predictable assortment of one dimensional quirky secondary characters (including a dog) an even more one dimensional dream girl. – ggf. The 1970's, a young man moves to Chicago, fresh out of college to write for Catholic Magazine. This is the story of a young man's first job in the vibrant city of Chicago in the early 70's as he goes through the struggles of learning about his neighbors, his new job and the amazement of the ever exciting Windy City. Wiederholen Sie die Anforderung später noch einmal. Obviously, I loved the book. Chicago is memorable, original, and full of passionate exploration." Brian's characters are interesting, many of them are fleeting by design and their nature, but his tales of Edward the dog with mysterious abilities were intriguing and lots of fun. temporär gesenkter USt. If “: A Novel” hadn’t been included I would have sworn this was a page out of the life of author Brian Doyle, and I still think it probably is just because this is who Brian Doyle is or would have been somewhere along the way in his earlier days, fresh out of college and new to the world of journalism, finding a life outside of NYC. To see what your friends thought of this book. Based on the author's own year living there, the narrator comes to understand the immense and profound importance of story. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. I loved loved loved it. What a complete disappointment. Doyle does for Chicago what Auster does for New York or Roberts for Bombay. I love this poignant and beautiful and surprising story, and it has made me ve. A memorable book for all readers. – ggf. I loved CHICAGO by Brian Doyle. 3 Personen fanden diese Informationen hilfreich, Rezension aus den Vereinigten Staaten vom 17. He falls in love with the city and its host of characters. This is the story of a young man's first job in the vibrant city of Chicago in the early 70's as he goes through the struggles of learning about his neighbors, his new job and the amazement of the ever exciting Windy City. Mr. Doyle is known to me by his famous Oregonian novels but this is the one that best captures his brilliance as a writer. I often found myself smiling while reading, and I cried when it was over. An excellent read. I am unable to give Brian Doyle’s CHICAGO anything less than five stars. Momentanes Problem beim Laden dieses Menüs. The story is about living in and absorbing the city to which the author is newly arrived, firstly among his own neighbors and neighborhood and then beyond, along the way discovering and introducing the reader to the soul of the town and its people, doing so in a way that is delightful and insightful. Booklist Best Adult Fiction 2016 (Part 1 of 2). Chicago: A Novel | Doyle, Brian | ISBN: 9781250061997 | Kostenloser Versand für alle Bücher mit Versand und Verkauf duch Amazon. Juli 2017. It's the first work of Brain Doyle's I've run across and has so much heart. I cried all the way to the Wyoming border. I especially liked the author's thought at the end, that we each might have a city of the heart, and if we're lucky, we will get to live there for a while. I've enjoyed his short works, but the novels defeated me every time. The stories within the novel were so funny and touching, with great insight and commentary on the human race.
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