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67 reviews
Andre Dubus III

W. W. Norton, 2008

Homage to Larry Brown
It seems a lot of reviewers were disappointed, expecting a work like Dubus' previous one House of Sand and Fog. This book is different. It is dedicated to the late great author Larry Brown, and, frankly, reads like a Larry Brown novel, particularly Fay. If you like novels about the gritty underside of life then this is for you. I thought the scenes with the Arab terrorist were particularly ...

The Best Spiritual Writing 2001 (Best Spiritual Writing)

2 reviews
Philip Zaleski, Andre Dubus III

HarperOne, 2001

Find LIFE ABUNDANT in these Slice-of-Life Tales!
Philip Zaleski has done a masterful job of seeking out and commending the work of some eighty writers who live for "making sentences," as Joseph Epstein confesses. And because they do, they tell with great beauty of the particular struggles and joys which have brought them along a spiritual path. Some of these writers make us comfortable, some disturb. The reading becomes an ...

House of Sand and Fog

1 review
Andre, III DUBUS

Norton, 1999

WHEN WORLD'S COLLIDE...
This book is simply a masterpiece. It is an exceptionally well written and brilliantly told story of two people whose destinies become intertwined through a simple twist of fate. It is the story of what happens to them and to those who love them, when their respective worlds collide in a climactic and tragic ending. It is the story of Colonel Behrani, a formerly wealthy Iranian, who had ...

The Stories of Breece D'J Pancake

15 reviews
Breece D'J Pancake, John Casey, ...

Back Bay Books, 2002

Reality in Fiction
The skillful rendering of characters rather than caricatures distinguishes Breece D'J Pancake's one and only book from many other works of contemporary fiction. The stories are set primarily in the hills, small towns, and hollows of West Virginia. The stories illustrate the hardscrabble lives and emotional struggles of characters on the periphery of many things: society (in "A Room Forever"), ...

The Cage Keeper: And Other Stories

2 reviews
Andre Iii Dubus

Vintage, 2001

Like Father Like Son
Andre Dubus III is keeping in the family tradition by writing masterful short stories like his father, Andre Dubus. For me the best story is "Forky," the story of a man recently out of prison trying--bluntly said--to get laid. Despite the harsh setting, we are given, via the remembrances of the ex-convict, the heart-felt stories of his brother and a fellow prisoner who reminds him of his brother. ...

We Don't Live Here Anymore: Three Novellas

7 reviews
Andre Dubus

Vintage, 2004

As Fine a Collection of Novellas as Anyone Ever Published
The three novellas collected here -- We Don't Live Here Anymore, Adultery, and Finding a Girl in America -- all concern an overlapping cast of characters, notably our man Hank, a Dubus doppelganger who can't seem to find the right balance between freedom and devotion, but who is drawn with such empathy that we forgive him even as those he has loved and wronged forgive him in the stories. My ...

House of Sand and Fog (Oprah's Book Club) (Vintage Contemporaries)

745 reviews
Andre Dubus III

Vintage, 2000

GREAT READ
This is a great story of tragedy. I found it an easy read and couldn't put it down. I finished it very fast because the writer keeps the story moving. Very good writing as the characters are strong and easy to imagine. Highly recommended.

Bluesman: A Novel

17 reviews
Andre Dubus III

Vintage, 2001

Heartstrings are played like harmonicas.
I am writing this review fresh off the read....just hugged the book before I tucked it back on my bookshelves. It is my ultimate praise as the book touched my heart so deeply. "The House of Sand and Fog" is on my top ten list of all time books...high praise given I have read thousands in my lifetime. That said, I love that "Bluesman" has a totally different feel. Our young protaginist, Leo, ...

The House of Sand and Fog

2 reviews
Andre Dubus III

Recorded Books, 2001

A MODERN DAY GREEK TRAGEDY...
This book is simply a masterpiece. It is an exceptionally well-written and brilliantly told story of two people whose destinies become intertwined through a simple twist of fate. It is the story of what happens to them and to those who love them, when their respective worlds collide in a climactic and tragic ending. It is the story of Colonel Behrani, a formerly wealthy Iranian, who had ...

Casa de Arena y Niebla

1 review
Andre Dubus III

Diagonal -Grupo 62, 2002

COMPELLING...COMPLEX...COMPLETE...
This is the Spanish text edition of "House of Sand and Fog", a book that is simply a masterpiece. It is an exceptionally well written and brilliantly told story of two people whose destinies become intertwined through a simple twist of fate. It is the story of what happens to them and to those who love them, when their respective worlds collide in a climactic and tragic ending. It is the ...

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