Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All: A Novel
by Allan Gurganus
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Author: Allan GurganusEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2001-10-16
ISBN: 0375726632
Number of pages: 736
Publisher: Vintage
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Book Review: Deleting the passage of time...
Summary: 5 Stars
Here I am, writing this review of a book I read at least 7 years ago. But, like any great book, I still remember Lucy Marsden.(Like I remember David Copperfield, Don Quijote, Natty Bumpo, etc.)
Perhaps Gurganus's novel doesn't belong with those other classics, but I remember Lucy!
I agree that the book should be shorter. That doesn't change the fact that you should read this story.
The most powerful impression that this book gives is that the flowing of time separates us from other generations but there are messages and memories preserved for us to experience and from which to learn.
When Lucy compares the confederate veterans hanging out in the town square to the vietnam vets hanging out in that same town square, the effect is dizzying. We came from previous generations and others will come from us, live in our houses, drive down the same streets we do, etc. Lucy serves as a reminder that time passes but things don't necessarily change.
The novel's portrayal of history is indeed special.
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