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Cold Mountain: A Novel
by: Charles Frazier |
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9780375700750 Edition: First Printing ISBN: 0375700757 Label: Vintage Manufacturer: Vintage Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 464 Publication Date: August 12, 1998 Publisher: Vintage Release Date: August 12, 1998 Studio: Vintage |
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  - I rarely give 5 stars...I chose to read this book like I choose to sneak a bowl of ice cream late at night; a sort of guilty pleasure. I was not disappointed. I found the story compelling and the characters engaging. I finished in half the time I expected, as I found myself sneaking away from life to indulge. I enjoyed it as much as anything I've ever read from Hemingway, and in much the same way. I listened to this one (from Audible), and while many complained at the author's reading of his own book I couldn't imagine a better way to experience it. As someone raised in the rocky mountains, for three days I found myself describing the world around me in Charles Frazier's twangy, metered, and gentle southern voice. Rating:  - If you have a choice, don't bother with this bookMy summary of this book is "Don't bother." The author decided to pass up on common formatting for conversation (you know, that whole quotes around a spoken sentence), which made it visually hard to read. The word choice was rich, but that didn't quite make up for the glacial pace. The theme is basically two sets of characters who are trying to remake themselves outside of the structure of the civil war. They wander from incident to incident, only slowly growing/changing. I plodded through it, kept afloat by one secondary character (Ruby) and the portrait of characters encountered by the wounded soldier as he traveled. But really, after that long slog through the story, I would have appreciated a slightly happier ending. Rating: - Incredible beautyCharles Frazier is a master story-teller and a master of the craft of writing. His sentences are pure honey. While the story might have been slow at times, the flow of his narrative is so smooth, it's an incredible pleasure to read his work. Unlike any other author whose work I have had the pleasure of reading over the past few years, Charles Frazier truly immersed me in another place and time. In two words: Simply Brilliant! Rating: - GREAT BOOKRead this book before you watch the movie as it gives no justice to the literary genius behind this great American novel. Rating: - Book was given the wrong condition description.Inside was fine. Disappointed as we expected to book cover to be in the very good condition category as it was listed. |
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