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Title: The Corner : A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood by DAVID SIMON, EDWARD BURNS ISBN: 0-7679-0031-6 Publisher: Broadway Pub. Date: 15 June, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.72 (50 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: exellent piece of work
Comment: well i wanted to rate this book with 4 and a half stars, but thats not possible. overall this book does exatley what it claims to do, "take you into a year in the life of an inner city neiboorhood." it does an exellent job of showing how a street corner works, and how people end up spending there lives on the corner. it gives faces to people who are often seen as faceeless: drug addicts. the author(s) shows you that drug addiction, violence, and crime affect PEOPLE. not just numbers. you read the paper and see that someone was arrested for possesion of crack cocaine w/ intent to distribute. but that doesn't tell you the story of who that person is, and why they were selling drugs.... his book will show you who these people are, and how good people can do bad things when their backs are against the wall. it is not possible to read this book and not feel heartfelt sympathy for the characters. you will sit up at night and wonder, "what has become of deandre mccullough, and fran boyd?" my only complaint about the book is it's length. it's a long read that could have been shortened by editing out a few of the authors rants against the system that treats drug addicts as criminals and not sick people. his opinion (to me at least) is correct, but he keeps coming back to these rants over and over again. and each time he says the same thing using diffrent wording. towards the end i found myself skipping through pages of these self righteous rants so i could get back to THE STORY! overall though, this book was ecquisitly done, and i would recomend that you purchase it.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent - Well Written - Realistic... therefore very sad.
Comment: The Corner was given to me by my fiance, who grew up two blocks from the actual 'corner'. Many of the individuals in the book were people he knew from childhood, grade school, the play grounds...I had the opportunity to ask many questions about people like Blue, Fat Curt, Gary, etc. These people became real to me and I was pulling for all of them to make it - to escape - to survive. My fiance left Baltimore for another life - but realizing that he grew up amidst the turmoil and temptation of The Corner - has given me a greater respect for him. He escaped - God help all of those who weren't so fortunate. I highly recommend this book to anyone - but especially to those who have never experienced the harsh reality of the inner city up close and personal. And once you read it, share it with a friend so everyone can come to realize how far this country has to come.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Powerful Book
Comment: This is one of my top ten non-fiction books of all time. Here is why: First, it is well-written and intriguing. There is little to no academic jargon to wade through. It is a plain spoken book about the realities of inner-city life. It is not difficult to read in a literary sense, but certainly in an ethical and moral sense. This brings me to the second reason why I found it to be such an important book: It puts a face on the experiences of poor minorities living in urban areas. I'm 23 and I've been working in inner-city communities since I was 15. When I hear people talk disparagingly about minorities, inner-city youth, single moms, "welfare moms," my heart breaks, and in many ways, I am also angry that people talks so much about a life they know so little about. I found that this book accurately put a face on the people who are so often referred to as one statistics or another (related to drugs, single moms, incarceration, welfare). There was no glorification and little over-victimization of the people in the book and their experiences as poor, black, and affected by drugs and the underground economy. This book should be required reading for all Americans who wish to learn more about and develop informed opinions about poor, inner-city communities and the people who live there. I find it particularly relevant to those interested in drug laws and sentencing, as well as access to drug treatment. I think that this would also be a very helpful book for people who work in urban areas or are planning to someday (social work, education, ministry). The book leaves very big questions to be answered by the reader. How do I judge the people in this book? What would I do if I grew up in such a community? How do I go forth from here? A very powerful book.
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Title: Homicide by David Simon ISBN: 0804109990 Publisher: Ivy Books Pub. Date: 23 January, 1993 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: San Francisco Tenderloin - Heroes, Demons, Angels and Other True Stories by Larry Wonderling Ph.D. ISBN: 0965941515 Publisher: Cape Foundation Publications Pub. Date: 01 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Prayers for Bobby : A Mother's Coming to Terms with the Suicide of Her Gay Son by Leroy Aarons ISBN: 0062511238 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 20 September, 1996 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Bone : Novel, A by Fae M. Ng ISBN: 006097592X Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 12 January, 1994 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: From Brokenness to Community (The Wit Lectures) by Jean Vanier ISBN: 0809133415 Publisher: Paulist Press Pub. Date: June, 1992 List Price(USD): $4.95 |
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