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S'està carregant… The English Major (edició 2008)de Jim Harrison
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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. Excellent livre. Le héros est très sympa. ( ) Cliff, a 60-year-old former Michigan high school teacher, bids adieu to his inherited family farm (lost in a shady real estate deal); his wife, Vivian, of 38 years (who has been cheating on him and orchestrated the deal) and dear departed dog Lola (the truest woman in my life); and sets off on a yearlong, countrywide jag I love Jim Harrison's writing.... he's a modern day Twain, or a northern version of Roy Blount Jr./Dan Jenkins. Not a page passes without a smile on my face, a chuckle, or an outright laugh (which is tough to do with the written word!). The English Major is a coming-of-age story, the unusual thing about it though is that the age is 60. A former high school teacher turned farmer in the UP sells the farm and takes a break from his life by taking a driving trip out west. Comedy, sex, drinking, physical exertion, recriminations, family, philosophy, and lots of other stuff ensue. It's an enjoyable read and a fine way to pass a few hours, but in reality I'd read Harrison's grocery lists, he's that good. Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
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Cliff, a sixty-something man, divorced and robbed of his farm by a late-blooming real estate shark of an ex-wife, takes a road trip across America, armed with a childhood puzzle of the United States and a mission to rename all the states and state birds to overcome the banal names men have given them. Cliff's adventures take him through a whirlwind affair with a former student from his high school-teacher days twenty-some years before, to a "snake farm" in Arizona owned by an old classmate; and to the high-octane existence of his son, a big-time movie producer in San Francisco. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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Google Books — S'està carregant… GèneresClassificació Decimal de Dewey (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LCC (Clas. Bibl. Congrés EUA)ValoracióMitjana:
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