Michael Rosen (4)
Autor/a de What Else But Home: Seven Boys and an American Journey Between the Projects and the Penthouse
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Sobre l'autor
Michael Rosen started writing as a teenager, when his mother needed some poems for Radio programs she was making. While at college, he wrote a play which was staged at the Royal Court theatre in London. Rosen's first book was published in 1974, and he is one of Britain's leading children's poets. mostra'n més Michael Rosen launched the National Year of Literacy project, which encouraged children to help produce an Anthology to be used during the Literacy Hour in primary schools. Children ages 4-11 were invited to submit poems and illustrations featuring their favorite tree. Rosen also led the final judging sessions to decide which submissions would be included. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
Obres de Michael Rosen
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Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom oficial
- Rosen, Michael Louis
- Altres noms
- Rosen, Michael Louis
- Gènere
- male
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Estadístiques
- Obres
- 1
- També de
- 1
- Membres
- 30
- Popularitat
- #449,942
- Valoració
- 3.9
- Ressenyes
- 1
- ISBN
- 954
- Llengües
- 21
That being said, I return to the fact of the matter that the book is just not that well written. It didn't move me to tears, though I thought it should've, and was expecting it to. Scenes play out in a jerky manner; dialogue spills all over the place, confusingly and seemingly purposelessly other than being a vague attempt to grasp the boys' vernacular; and admittedly sometimes everyone behaves in abominable ways. I note this here not to criticize their mistakes and poor decisions, for, fiction or nonfiction, it is not the reader's right to question the decisions of the "characters." Poorly written, however, a character may not garner my sympathy, and then I really am just annoyed at the whole lot of them, which happened a lot when I was reading this book.
All in all, this book had good intentions but did not carry them out in the best way it could have. This is one of the rare cases where I'd recommend keeping very adamantly in mind the fact that this is based on a true story. Thinking of the characters, especially the boys, as real people makes the clumsy translation from life to paper more forgivable.… (més)