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5 reviews
Herbert Simmons

Editions de l'Olivier, 1999

So far, the only book I read in 1998 that had "meat."
This was a book was hard for me. For one reason, I could not personally place myself into the characters' shoes because of the late 40s-early 50s setting. I was not a part of that time. Secondly, the beginning started slow which potentially caused me to close the book and read it later. But after I stuck with the characters and allowed Mr. Simmons to describe the story's surroundings the ...

Rock Springs

24 reviews
Ford

Editions de l'Olivier, 1999

Born to lose . . .
Richard Ford writes stories somewhat like Raymond Carver, only with more of an edge. Set mostly in the towns and rural areas of Montana, his stories are about characters who have survived against the odds - busted marriages, unemployment, jail terms, and a kind of bleak aimlessness. Some struggle to hold onto an identity that will maintain their self respect and some sense of security, but it's ...

Mumbo jumbo

34 reviews
Ishmael Reed

Editions de l'Olivier, 1998

an american classic way up the list
let's forget all the talk about this being a crazy, unreadable, book. like james joyce's ulysses and vladimir nabokov's pale fire it requires some work, after all it is a book written for literate adults. harold bloom referred to mumbo jumbo as one of the five hundred most significant books in the western canon, henry louis gates jr devoted most of a book of african american criticism on mumbo ...

3 reviews
John Berger, Elisabeth Motsch

Editions de l'Olivier, 2002

Perspectives...
What is fascinating about this book is how Berger tells the story of the modern Don Juan (Don Giovanni) from the perspective of the seduced. Instead of telling the heroic tail of the 'conquests,' Berger focuses on the reception of seduction. Rather, seduction is a two-way street. "He" is the seducer--but so are his partners. They all come with interesting stories. The 'protagonist' is ...

Sweet Hearts

10 reviews
Melanie Rae Thon, Nadine Gassie

Editions de l'Olivier, 2002

Masterful, profound, devastating.
Contrary to the title, there is very little sweetness in Sweet Hearts; every character in this book has a personal tragedy. As the narrator, Marie Zimmer, tells us, "There's no safe place in this story." Sweet Hearts encompasses several generations of family history in compact prose. Thon mercifully provides a map of Montana and a family tree to help the reader keep track of the cast of ...

King Suckerman

29 reviews
George P Pelecanos

Editions de l'Olivier, 1999

A major neo-noir novelist
There are three unique values to this writer's noir novels. All shone very brightly in _King Suckerman_. First, Pelecanos recreates a Washington DC which makes the working class and minority (as opposed to administrative) city come alive. You know you are not reading about Baltimore, New York, or Philly, but Chocolate City in the 70s. This takes an extensive understanding of Washington's locales, ...

Mama Black Widow

20 reviews
Iceberg Slim, Gérard Henri

Editions de l'Olivier, 2002

A Nightmare to Remember
As long as the words pour from the heart you will always be able to see sadness and beauty in true Art.

Human Punk

4 reviews
John King, Alain Defossé

Editions de l'Olivier, 2003

Youthful aggression, ageless compassion
Often when punk music and culture appear in print or on film, the effect or purpose is either to deride the scene altogether as an unruly mob of foolish and destructive delinquents, or alternately as a sad celebration of an ideal doomed to failure. British author John King's Human Punk, however, stands out as a more genuine coming-of-age story, prominently featuring the fictional Joe Martin's ...

Billy Bathgate (sous réserve)

32 reviews
E.-L. Doctorow, Jean-Pierre Carasso, ...

Editions de l'Olivier, 2003

Always reliable Doctorow
I had read "The March" and "Ragtime," so I figured "Billy Bathgate" would be excellent, and it was. On the surface, it's a simple story of the last few months of gangster Dutch Schultz's life. But Doctorow tells the story through the eyes of Billy Bathgate, a teenager who gets in with Schultz's gang as a go-fer. Doctorow's writing is, as always, superb, and more than just a recitation of ...

Photocopies

4 reviews
John Berger, Elisabeth Motsch

Editions de l'Olivier, 1999

Neural Net Hardcopy
This is the first work that I have read by Mr. John Berger. Entitled, "Photocopies", it is a collection of 29 memories that he made more permanent by placing them in print. I don't know at what point a novella becomes a short story, or when the latter becomes something else again. Mr. Berger presents these 29 experiences in 180 pages, and while the number presented can be said to be great as ...

Bunker man

15 reviews
Duncan McLean

Editions de l'Olivier, 2001

Creepy & Disturbing... and I mean that in a good way
This is a wonderfully written book that does what really good fiction should do: it stays with you and makes you rethink its characters' motives and actions over and over. I write this in response to the reviews which call this book irresponsible and/or perverse and/or glorying in immoral behavior. I find this critique to be without basis. If reading books or watching plays about immoral ...

Les Corrections

1011 reviews
Jonathan Franzen, Rémy Lambrechts

Editions de l'Olivier, 2002

Well worth the investment in time
Don't believe the hype about the hype. Brilliantly imagined, extremely well written, and just a pleasure to read.

Sans moi

2 reviews
Marie Desplechin

Editions de l'Olivier, 1998

Despleche Mode (And We Love It)
This is one of the most gentle narratives I've yet read, with Desplechin's ability to handle the complexities of her subject matter with a deft touch leaving the distinct feeling that the same material, in other writer's hands, could become more melodramtic and infinitely less effective. The novel focuses on two Parisian women, one a rehabilitating drug addict and the other a seperated successful ...

Alois, ou, La nuit devant nous ;: Suivi de Ce que je puis dire de la naissance d'un roman, et de celui-ci en ...
Louise L Lambrichs

Editions de l'Olivier, 2002

American Express
James Salter, Lisa Rosenbaum

Editions de l'Olivier, 1997

Alice est montée sur la table
Jonathan Lethem, Francis Kerline

Editions de l'Olivier, 2003

Abracadabra
Kurt Vonnegut, Robert Pépin

Editions de l'Olivier, 1992

Powerbook

24 reviews
Jeanette Winterson, Susanne V. Mayoux

Editions de l'Olivier, 2002

After repeated readings...
Winterson's "The PowerBook" gets better and better. Potentially one of her more esoteric and theoretical works, "PowerBook" details the virtual experiences of Ali/x and her reader (you). I'll confess that I found it a bit overwhelming at first read, but nonetheless haunting enough to give it a second go. With each repeated reading, I've come to love "The PowerBook" more and more. ...

Cassada

1 review
James Salter, Jean-François Ménard

Editions de l'Olivier, 2003

Writer or pilot, it's lonely being one of the few
It's a lonely occupation, being a writer or a fighter pilot. Salter is both, and describes well the situation of Cassada: an aspiring fighter pilot, who struggles to learn his trade, and win acceptance. It's a paradoxical occupation,being a fighter pilot; essentially you're on your own, but you must also function as a group member. This creates an inevitable tension: you compete to be the best ...

Anarchie au Royaume-Uni
Nick Cohn, Elisabeth Peellaert

Editions de l'Olivier, 2002

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