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Manhattan Beach: A Novel
Scris de Jennifer Egan
Povestit de Norbert Leo Butz, Heather Lind și Vincent Piazza
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Hits you like a sneaker wave…
In her followup to “A Visit from the Goon Squad,” Jennifer Egan has created a gripping work of historical fiction meets crime story, set against the backdrop of the omnipresent ocean. Egan’s inventiveness covertly rises up and washes over you, hitting like a sneaker wave.
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The long-awaited, daring, and magnificent novel from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of A Visit from the Goon Squad.
Anna Kerrigan, nearly twelve years old, accompanies her father to visit Dexter Styles, a man who, she gleans, is crucial to the survival of her father and her family. She is mesmerized by the sea beyond the house and by some charged mystery between the two men.
Years later, her father has disappeared and the country is at war. Anna works at the Brooklyn Naval Yard, where women are allowed to hold jobs that once belonged to men, now soldiers abroad. She becomes the first female diver, the most dangerous and exclusive of occupations, repairing the ships that will help America win the war. One evening at a nightclub, she meets Dexter Styles again, and begins to understand the complexity of her father's life, the reasons he might have vanished.
With the atmosphere of a noir thriller, Egan's first historical novel follows Anna and Styles into a world populated by gangsters, sailors, divers, bankers, and union men. Manhattan Beach is a deft, dazzling, propulsive exploration of a transformative moment in the lives and identities of women and men, of America and the world. It is a magnificent novel by the author of A Visit from the Goon Squad, one of the great writers of our time.
Anna Kerrigan, nearly twelve years old, accompanies her father to visit Dexter Styles, a man who, she gleans, is crucial to the survival of her father and her family. She is mesmerized by the sea beyond the house and by some charged mystery between the two men.
Years later, her father has disappeared and the country is at war. Anna works at the Brooklyn Naval Yard, where women are allowed to hold jobs that once belonged to men, now soldiers abroad. She becomes the first female diver, the most dangerous and exclusive of occupations, repairing the ships that will help America win the war. One evening at a nightclub, she meets Dexter Styles again, and begins to understand the complexity of her father's life, the reasons he might have vanished.
With the atmosphere of a noir thriller, Egan's first historical novel follows Anna and Styles into a world populated by gangsters, sailors, divers, bankers, and union men. Manhattan Beach is a deft, dazzling, propulsive exploration of a transformative moment in the lives and identities of women and men, of America and the world. It is a magnificent novel by the author of A Visit from the Goon Squad, one of the great writers of our time.
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Manhattan Beach: A Novel
Scris de Jennifer Egan
Povestit de Norbert Leo Butz, Heather Lind și Vincent Piazza
Nota redactorului
Hits you like a sneaker wave…
In her followup to “A Visit from the Goon Squad,” Jennifer Egan has created a gripping work of historical fiction meets crime story, set against the backdrop of the omnipresent ocean. Egan’s inventiveness covertly rises up and washes over you, hitting like a sneaker wave.
Descriere
The long-awaited, daring, and magnificent novel from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of A Visit from the Goon Squad.
Anna Kerrigan, nearly twelve years old, accompanies her father to visit Dexter Styles, a man who, she gleans, is crucial to the survival of her father and her family. She is mesmerized by the sea beyond the house and by some charged mystery between the two men.
Years later, her father has disappeared and the country is at war. Anna works at the Brooklyn Naval Yard, where women are allowed to hold jobs that once belonged to men, now soldiers abroad. She becomes the first female diver, the most dangerous and exclusive of occupations, repairing the ships that will help America win the war. One evening at a nightclub, she meets Dexter Styles again, and begins to understand the complexity of her father's life, the reasons he might have vanished.
With the atmosphere of a noir thriller, Egan's first historical novel follows Anna and Styles into a world populated by gangsters, sailors, divers, bankers, and union men. Manhattan Beach is a deft, dazzling, propulsive exploration of a transformative moment in the lives and identities of women and men, of America and the world. It is a magnificent novel by the author of A Visit from the Goon Squad, one of the great writers of our time.
Anna Kerrigan, nearly twelve years old, accompanies her father to visit Dexter Styles, a man who, she gleans, is crucial to the survival of her father and her family. She is mesmerized by the sea beyond the house and by some charged mystery between the two men.
Years later, her father has disappeared and the country is at war. Anna works at the Brooklyn Naval Yard, where women are allowed to hold jobs that once belonged to men, now soldiers abroad. She becomes the first female diver, the most dangerous and exclusive of occupations, repairing the ships that will help America win the war. One evening at a nightclub, she meets Dexter Styles again, and begins to understand the complexity of her father's life, the reasons he might have vanished.
With the atmosphere of a noir thriller, Egan's first historical novel follows Anna and Styles into a world populated by gangsters, sailors, divers, bankers, and union men. Manhattan Beach is a deft, dazzling, propulsive exploration of a transformative moment in the lives and identities of women and men, of America and the world. It is a magnificent novel by the author of A Visit from the Goon Squad, one of the great writers of our time.
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interesting period story about the WWII times in America. the changes in the readers voice from male to female was a bit confusing.
Rating: 4I was interested in the historical context piece but the characters didn’t evolve like I hoped and I feel mushed disappointed.
Rating: 3This book was a very piecewise story and none of the characters were particularly likable. It appears that the author had no clear direction or sensible plan during the writing of this book.
Rating: 2
I liked the prose, the turn of phrase... the metaphor of the ocean without which this story could exist.
Rating: 4
The character development was good for most, yet, the main characters had too many moments of such inconsistency that I found myself getting annoyed. The writing itself was excellent, yet there were moments where descriptions and metaphors ran for so long. It’s a compelling story with twists I didn’t expect, but the ending is of picky taste.
Rating: 3
Very well written, extremely broad in its content. I believe that it was historically accurate. In any case, it made certain historical facts come to life.
Rating: 4This was JUST OK. I’m actually a little annoyed with myself for having listened to the whole thing. Parts were great. Parts were trite. I’ve not read Goon Squad yet, but based on the press for this author, I was expecting something much better. I did appreciate how she disrupted time/narrative flow.
Rating: 3
OMG the lisping narrator made listening impossible. I am so disappointed because the book looks fascinating. But why did they chose this reader, she is painful to listen to.
Rating: 2