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Title: World's Fair by E. L. Doctorow ISBN: 0-452-27572-5 Publisher: Plume Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.47 (15 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A Fair World's Fair
Comment: Like a great painting, Doctorow choses his words carefully, depicting the 30s as the dark, mournful era that it was. Written well with the usual description that Doctorow is famous for, I have to say that the synopsis made the book sound more exciting.
The book details the experience that the protagonist and his family have while at the World's Fair in New York City. From the oddities to the fun, Doctorow did his research and what was there. Unlike his other books like Loon Lake or Welcome to Hard Times, I did not feel I was there, at the fair.
Displaying the 30s like it was, this book proves and depicts how far we have come since then. In the primitive times of tea-line-legged nylons and T&A was unheard of, historians and fans of Doctorow will be pleased. I applaud him for his historical essence and truthfulness . . . the excitement factor just was not there.
Rating: 4
Summary: Engrossing tale of an era
Comment: An absorbing experience with New York-Bronx life in the '30s. The title is a bit mis-leading in that less than half the book is devoted to the 1939 World's Fair- that being my own personal interest I would have prefered more of the setting to revolve around the Fair. Having said that, Doctorow is still a master of his art.
Rating: 4
Summary: Mature and insightful
Comment: My dad is the same age as E.L. Doctorow, and although he did not grow up in NYC (visited there at times) he says that this novel is a close description of his own experience. It is about a very peculiar ethnic sub-group, New York jews who are not particularly religious and having "modern" ideas and lifestyle. To me Doctorow's book is one well-preserved verbal photograph after another. Somehow he conveys the scenes in a pre-Ektrachrome feeling, where bright colors are rendered in endlessly subtle shades of grey.
I hope that when I am Doctorow's age I will be able to summon up the wealth of memory detail he does. The images are authentically pressed from a the mind of a child not yet 12 years old. There are things that a child notices that an adult would not, such as how he likes how a particular door latch works or details from favorite comic books.
From there the narrative effortlessly moves to other characters in the story, written in the form of letters to the author. Everything is in place, and all of it wonderful to read.
This should be standard reading for any high school.
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Title: Davita's Harp by Chaim Potok ISBN: 0449911837 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 1996 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Ragtime by E. L. Doctorow ISBN: 0452279070 Publisher: Plume Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 1997 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Welcome to Hard Times by E. L. Doctorow ISBN: 0452275717 Publisher: Plume Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 1996 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Billy Bathgate by E. L. Doctorow ISBN: 0452280028 Publisher: Plume Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Sweet Land Stories by E.L. DOCTOROW ISBN: 1400062047 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 04 May, 2004 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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