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books:

Intuition
Allegra Goodman

Books on Tape, 2006

Listening For God: Contemporary Literature And The Life Of Faith (Listening for God)

3 reviews
Michael Malone, James Baldwin, ...

Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 2003

A wonderful resource for discussion groups
Paula Carlson and Peter Hawkins have over the past several years pulled together short stories and a few essays, three volumes in all, from contemporary authors in which faith concerns of all types are raised. The authors are first-rate and include the well known--John Updike, Flannery O'Connor, Gail Godwin, John Cheever and others--to lesser known authors like Tillie Olsen and Tess Gallgher. ...

Paradise Park

36 reviews
Allegra Goodman

Dial Press Trade Paperback, 2002

A solid sense of place and time
Having grown up in Hawaii, I found the sense of place communicated by the author to be very credible and fun to remember. Hawaii as a real place with real, complex people and cultures, and real boring jobs and crummy housing. I also like remembering the UH and the culture of the 70s. The main character is sure flaky but pretty honest about her flakyness. Without that naivety Sharon would ...

The Family Markowitz

11 reviews
Allegra Goodman, Jane Hamilton

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005

To Know 'Em is to Love 'Em!
When I first started to read this book I wasn't sure if I was going to like it or even finish it. I had already read Ms Goodman's novels, KAATERSKILL FALLS and PARADISE PARK, both of which I thoroughly enjoyed. I just wasn't sure if this would be more of the same ... the same characters...the same issues. ...But I stuck with it because I enjoy her writing so much and I was pleasantly surprised! ...

Kaaterskill Falls

58 reviews
Allegra Goodman

Delta, 1999

My Favorite by Allegra Goodman
I first read this book a few years ago and have since re-read it, recommended it, and given it to many people. The setting, an orthodox Jewish family in the Catskills one summer in the 1970's, does not sound very promising as a popular reading book, but of course that's the joy of really great writing. And Allegra Goodman is definitely a great writer: funny, insightful, casually profound. I've ...

Gimpel the Fool: And Other Stories

4 reviews
Isaac Bashevis Singer

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006

One of the most beautiful stories ever written
This book contains Saul Bellow's translation of 'Gimpel the Fool'. This is the translation and the story which made Singer famous in America. It is a masterwork. Singer is for me the greatest of all storywriters. I feel a special love for the Jewish world of characters he so wonderfully creates. The title- story 'Gimpel' is the story of a baker's assistant, an innocent slow- minded person of ...

The Other Side of the Island
Allegra Goodman

Razorbill, 2008

From New York Times bestselling author Allegra Goodman comes a post apocalyptic novel about love, loss, and the power of human choice. Honor and her parents have been reassigned to live on Island 365 in the Tranquil Sea. Life is peaceful there—the color of the sky is regulated by Earth Mother, a corporation that controls New Weather, and it almost never rains. Everyone fits into their rightful and predictable place. . . . Except Honor. She ...

Intuition

60 reviews
Allegra Goodman

Dial Press Trade Paperback, 2007

Wonderful insight into character motivation and quirkiness
This is a terrific book that deserves a higher rating than it currently has. Goodman's understanding of what makes people tick and how their strengths are also their weakness are amazing. In a delicious way the author illustrates how and why characters feed off each other to get their own emotional needs met. Intricate, sharp, and nicely paced. Writing a book that is both literay and entertaining ...

Pemberley Previsited.(Critical Essay): An article from: American Scholar
Allegra Goodman

Phi Beta Kappa Society, 2004

This digital document is an article from American Scholar, published by Phi Beta Kappa Society on March 22, 2004. The length of the article is 2751 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: Pemberley Previsited.(Critical Essay) ...

Zwei Hochzeiten und ein Pessachfest.
Allegra Goodman

Btb Bei Goldmann, 1999

Editorial departures.(The Reader Replies)(Letter to the Editor): An article from: American Scholar
Lee Moriwaki, June Hemmons Hiatt, ...

Phi Beta Kappa Society, 2004

This digital document is an article from American Scholar, published by Phi Beta Kappa Society on September 22, 2004. The length of the article is 2515 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: Editorial departures.(The Reader ...

Total Immersion

3 reviews
Allegra Goodman

Dial Press Trade Paperback, 1998

I'm amazed...
Did she really write these stories at 21? I'm seething with envy. Allegra Goodman is everything the back cover promised - gifted, brilliant, swift to get to the truth of things. She's also full of gentle irony and very, very perceptive. I must, however, say that the fact that the stories in the book deal with almost exclusively Jewish characters may somewhat hinder its being enjoyed by readers ...

Total Immersion: Stories
Allegra Goodman

Harpercollins, 1989

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