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Title: Continental Drift by Russell Banks ISBN: 0-06-095673-9 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 June, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.65 (20 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Morally adrift in contemporary America
Comment: Truly a great book of the past few decades. Continental Drift parallels the lives of two individuals co-existing in North America. The main character, Bob Dubois, is a mediciocre, who flees his drab life in New Hampshire for the riches of Florida. In the process, Banks comments on racism, sex and materialism. In contrast, is the tragic story of a young Haitian woman seeking the American dream. Bob Dubois is a ghost of man morally; adrift in a society that rewards greed, consumerism and de-emphasizes love and committment. The Haitian story reflects on poverty and the moral bankrupcy it extracts. Russell Banks is one of our best writers today. Don't miss this book.
Rating: 5
Summary: Incredibly thought provoking,beautifully written
Comment: This was one of the best books I've ever read. I learned alot from this book,alot about my own life and the lives of the people around me.Russell Banks hits quite a few nerves in his depiction of the American Dream and all the trappings of our overly materialistic,shallow lives. Banks beautifully blends two seperate lives on a collision course with destiny.Human nature at its best and its worst.Everyone should be able to identify with the main character Bob Dubois, a tragic figure who doesnt know who he is or what he wants.Life just happens to him. On the other side is Vanise Dorsinville and her nephew Claude two poor Haitians who seek a new life in America.The misery they endure will haunt you.Banks' knowledge of the Haitian culture was phenominal.What a remarkable book!
Rating: 5
Summary: Almost Too deep
Comment: This book was suggested to me by a professor (Preston Allen, author of the fine novel Hoochie Mama), whose opinion I respect very much; and thus, I continued reading even when I felt overwhelmed with emotion and was ultimately rewarded with a story that is really two stories. Mr. Banks is perhaps the finest writer I have ever read, his prose refined to the point of being almost too self-conscious. He is a master at making the reader FEEL for his characters. So I followed the main character from the Northeast to Miami, as he fled his boring life and found himself in more trouble than he knew was possible. That first story, surface story, works because of rich writing and some semblance of plot. As a Haitian American, I had a serious problem with the second main story (especially because of Banks' fine style), Claude and Vanise's story. I wept. It was fiction, but I wept. I remembered how I came here as a small boy. I remembered what happened to my mother, but I won't go into that. And I was angry because Mr. Banks is not Haitian. I kept waiting for him to get it wrong--there were some stereotypical things, but they were minor. This is the story I kept wishing someone would write. Both Haitians and Cubans see Miami as a haven from poverty and political oppression in their countries, but America usually sees only the Cubans as deserving of refuge. I am still a bit bothered that Banks is not Haitian, but for selfish reasons I wish every American would read this book. I number it among my favorites of all time.
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Title: Cloudsplitter : A Novel by Russell Banks ISBN: 0060930861 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 February, 1999 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Trailerpark by Russell Banks ISBN: 006097706X Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 19 June, 1996 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Rule of the Bone : Novel, A by Russell Banks ISBN: 0060927240 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 08 May, 1996 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Affliction by Russell Banks ISBN: 0060920076 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 26 September, 1990 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Sweet Hereafter Movie Tie-In : A Novel by Russell Banks ISBN: 0060923245 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 05 August, 1992 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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