William Kennedy
Paperback | Pages: 304 pages Rating: 3.75 | 452 Users | 36 Reviews
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| Title | : | Quinn's Book (The Albany Cycle #4) |
| Author | : | William Kennedy |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 304 pages |
| Published | : | May 6th 1989 by Penguin Books (first published 1988) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction |
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"Kennedy writes with verve and nerve. His wit, always sharp, has rarely been sharper. He paints a full and lively canvas... Quinn's Book casts a lovely light, indeed." -- Stephen KingFrom the moment he rescues the beautiful, passionate Maud Fallon from the icy waters of the Hudson one wintry day in 1849, Daniel Quinn, a twelve-year-old orphan, is thrust into a bewildering, adventure-filled journey through the tumult of nineteenth-century America. As he quests after the beguiling and elusive Maud (she's fourteen), Daniel will witness the rise and fall of great dynasties in upstate New York, epochal prize fights, exotic life in the theater, visitations from spirits beyond the grave, horrific battles between Irish immigrants and the "Know-Nothings," the vicious New York draft riots, heroic passages through the Underground Railroad, and the bloody despair of the Civil War.
Filled with Dickensian characters, a vivid sense of history, and marvelously inventive humor, Quinn's Book is an engaging delight by a modern master.
"Engrossing and eerily profound." -- Time
"Our history comes to us, grandiloquent and ennobled, translated by Kennedy back into a language of the heart." -- San Francisco Chronicle
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| Original Title: | Quinn's Book |
| ISBN: | 0140077375 (ISBN13: 9780140077377) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Albany Cycle #4 |
| Characters: | Daniel Quinn, Hillegond Staats, Magdalena Colón, John McGee, Will Canaday, Maud Fallon, Dirck Staats, Lyman Fitzgibbon, Gordon Fitzgibbon |
| Setting: | Albany, New York(United States) New York State(United States) |
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Ratings: 3.75 From 452 Users | 36 ReviewsDiscuss Epithetical Books Quinn's Book (The Albany Cycle #4)
The first of william kennedy's masterpiece i have ever encountered, and i loved it a lot! The story was clever, humorous, mystical, a bit silly sometimes, but nevertheless captivating. I definitely love the whole magical realism that was combined with love story and adventure. Daniel Quinn himself is a quite character, simply became the most standout personality inside the book. Initially i thought it was quite a weird story that i found mostly rather comical. I mean, resurrected from death byI've now read all 6 of Kennedy's Albany novels and declare him one of America's top 5 novelists of all time. Quinn's Book, Legs, Billy Phelan's Greatest Game, Ironweed, Very Old Bones, and The Flaming Corsage comprise a set of vivid, violent, and voluptuous stories that capture a time and place every bit as effectively - and stimulatingly - as Faulkner's legendary and slightly superior tales of Yoknapatawpha County. His experimenting with magical realism doesn't go too far astray and his
This is the first William Kennedy novel I have read in my adult life. It's labeled as 4th in the Albany Cycle series, but from what I understand the connection to the series is in location, rather than characters and storyline. Please don't let it stop you from reading it as a stand-alone novel. I did and I enjoyed it very much. William Kennedy is an exceptional writer.This book is exactly what it purports to be - It is Daniel Quinn's story. It's been a little while since I've read such a
This book is wild and crazy. It doesn't really have a plot and doesn't really have an ending. It gives the reader a painful glimpse into just pre-civil war and during the civil war in the U. S. but, mainly, in New York City and Albany, New York. The characters are fantastical, but that was actually ok. That also gives the reader a glimpse of who the most vibrant characters in society were at the time. I guess I mainly objected to the lack of focus as the book progressed.
This book represents a big departure stylistically from William Kennedy's Albany Trilogy, though of course that city remains inextricably tied to the story. There were occult elements to this novel that were a little off-putting to me, but I'd class it as a good example of historical novel writing that is comedic, dark and almost winking at modern sensibilities. To me, the classic of the genre is John Barth's The Sot-Weed Factor.
This is the first William Kennedy novel I have read in my adult life. It's labeled as 4th in the Albany Cycle series, but from what I understand the connection to the series is in location, rather than characters and storyline. Please don't let it stop you from reading it as a stand-alone novel. I did and I enjoyed it very much. William Kennedy is an exceptional writer.This book is exactly what it purports to be - It is Daniel Quinn's story. It's been a little while since I've read such a
Found it in the bookcase full of take-and-pay-what-you-want books at my local library branch. Yay, Humboldt County Library!
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