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Loading... The Good Priest's Son (2005)by Reynolds PriceI realize that many consider Reynolds Price to be a good writer. He has wonderful themes, but his style of writing goes nowhere. I felt I was reading a lifeless textbook. The sentences are long and the reader loses momentum, as well as knowledge of the story line. The main character did not inspire any strong emotion other than relief that the book was finished. This book, like other books by Price, one of my favorite authors, displays a keen sense of place in both North Carolina & New York City and a keen sense of intergenerational family dynamics--and religious faith and doubt. The story is set in the wake of 9/11/2001--it takes place beginning on that day & over the two succeeding weeks. The primary characters--well, all of them actually--are certain that life will never be the same in the wake of the events of that day. And yet it is clear--if subtle--that the private tragedies & triumphs of the day-to-day lives of these characters far outweigh in practical significance the consequences of 9/11--even for some of them who are directly affected by the "larger" events. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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