Blame: A Novel
by Michelle Huneven
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Author: Michelle HunevenEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-09-01
ISBN: 0374114307
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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Summary: 5 Stars
An extraordinarily sensitive and elegantly crafted portrait of a woman, ordinary in her failures and victories, just like all the rest of us. The cadence of the narrative is admirable; the characters matter (even the annoying Sarah and her ballroom) and their voices memorable and distinctive; the story is truthful throughout (even when that truth hurts a little). While reading it I was often reminded of the praise Mark Twain had for a brother author: "He always uses the right word." Novels of course need a great deal more than just the right words in order to succeed (putting all those right words together ain't easy), but Huneven manages the task masterfully. There are all sorts of impressive technical achievements in the book, particularly the economical handling of dialogue and arrangement of scenes, but finally what matters most to me is getting to know Patsy, the lady whose quiet and difficult redemption reminds us of the precarious preciousness of each individual life. I've admired Huneven from the very beginning of her distinguished career, an admiration now reinforced ten-fold by this profoundly mature performance.
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