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Book Description:
From the bestselling author of The Shipping News comes Postcards, the tale of the Blood family, New England farmers who must confront the twentieth century - and their own extinction. As the family slowly disintegrates, its members struggle valiantly against the powerful forces of loneliness and necessity, seeking a sense of home and place forever lost.
Loyal Blood, eldest son, is forced to abandon the farm when he takes his lover's life, thus beginning a quintessentially American odyssey of solitude and adventure. Yearning for love, yet forced by circumstance to be always alone, Loyal comes to symbolize the alienation and frustration behind the American dream.
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Emily M. from DENTON, TX wrote on 1/18/2007...
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
I think Annie Proulx has a fun way of approaching stories. She tells this story through a series of postcards. It's interesting story with a nice pace.
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
This was my first attempt at Proulx, I got in 49 pages and quit! It's some rambling account of family that does not hold together. It IS the 1993 PEN/Faulkner award and her first novel. You tell me what it's about!
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
I love Annie Proulx's writing! This book reminds me of Steinbeck... you feel the setting and the torment of the main character, Loyal Blood, who could have stepped out of the pages of The Grapes of Wrath. It's a quiet but absorbing read... highly recommended.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Any collection of short stories by this author, E. Annie Proulx, can be considered a masterpiece in its own right...this one is no exception. Great stories!
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Cathy W. (I admit, this book did start out a bit slow. But it picked up and read pretty quickly after the first couple chapters. I enjoy the author's unique prose. Her books are a great change of pace from the other things I come across! This book is an interesting look at the various members of a settled New England family in a changing world.
"Story makes this novel compelling; technique makes it beautiful." - David Bradley, The New York Times Book Review
Peggy B. from MAYNARD, MA wrote on 8/27/2006...You'll simply love this format. Another Proulx winner!
It was a slow start and I just couldn't get into this book at all. I am sure that someone else would love it, it's just not my "style" of read.
Susan D. from WALNUT CREEK, CA wrote on 1/7/2006...Author Proulx wrote this winner of the Pen/Faulkner Award for Fiction story before she penned her more famous Shipping News. Postcards showcases her talent in a rich and original way. I enjoyed this different tale of an odd, human, sometimes dark family. I praticularly enjoyed the author's craftsmanship - very, very well written.