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Title: First Light (Contemporary American Fiction) by Charles Baxter ISBN: 0-14-010091-1 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: February, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.57 (7 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Beautifully told family drama
Comment: Baxter begins this book with a glimpse into the life of a family in a state of static malaise. Rather than take the story forward he begins drifting backward in time, layering in incidents and moments that start to explain how the family got that way. In the hands of many writers this would feel like a gimick, but Baxter has the grace and skill to pull it off beautifully. With each chapter our questions are answered and our understanding grows.
Rating: 5
Summary: Even better on the second reading
Comment: I just reread First Light, and it's even better on the second reading, in part because the reverse chronology takes on a whole new dimension when you have some recollection of what has happened earlier. It's a sensitive story of a brother-sister relationship, with all the resentment, competition and love that such relationships entail, and it's told by a man with an eye for detail and a prose style just about unmatched in contemporary American fiction. Enjoyed A Feast of Love too, but I think First Light is always going to be my favorite Baxter novel.
Rating: 2
Summary: A let down
Comment: I read this book expecting to love it and was sorely disappointed. The writing was acceptable, but unimpressive. The characters were basically pathetic and over-written. Small, mundane dramas were supposed to be read as having huge, devastating impact. I wanted to throw this book across the room. I finished it anyway, and felt glad to be done with it.
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Title: The Feast of Love : A Novel by Charles Baxter ISBN: 037570910X Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 01 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Saul and Patsy : A Novel by Charles Baxter ISBN: 0375410295 Publisher: Pantheon Books Pub. Date: 09 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: Shadow Play: A Novel by Charles Baxter ISBN: 0393322742 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: September, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Believers : A novella and stories by Charles Baxter ISBN: 0679776532 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 29 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Harmony of the World : Stories by Charles Baxter ISBN: 0679776516 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 11 March, 1997 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
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