Shopgirl: A Novella
by Steve Martin
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Author: Steve MartinEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1900-01-01
ISBN: 0786891076
Number of pages: 144
Publisher: Hyperion
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Book Review: "Shopgirl"
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a story about a relationship; a relationship between a young woman of twenty- eight and a middle-aged man of fifty, but I guarantee this will be like no other book you have read. This book contains passion, the highs and lows of life, the LA scene, the San Francisco scene, a millionaire, a poor girl struggling to get by in her boring life. It contains, love, true love in its vibrant form.
Literature has been created right here in LA by a talented actor and former Cal State Long Beach student, Steve Martin. Shopgirl is a book that will be remembered for a long time for the simple reason that it remains true to its character, its plot, and its actions in every way. When you read his charming words, you become his characters, smiling at their happiness, feeling sad at their depressions.
As I said, this involves a middle-aged man and a young woman who meet and sort of fall in love, except they realize this isn't true love. He's a millionaire who often comes down to LA from Seattle to do business. He's not married and takes great enjoyment in sleeping with a girl in every town. She's a girl long out of college, struggling to be an artist, working at a nondescript store in a nondescript mall. Then they meet and the reader is taken on a journey of unique proportions.
Shopgirl should (and likely will) become a necessary text for creative writing classes. Two amazing characters are created in this book, and as the reader delves further into their respective psyches, they begin to learn how said character will act and react. The characters' descriptions are so complete that I have yet to see this replicated in another book.
Shopgirl is also the sort of book you can read over and over, and still never become bored with. The words are beautifully well chosen. The similes are partially dry, but present a great perspective to the setting. The jokes are humorous and their origins possible only from the mind of Steve Martin. The story is priceless.
Originally published on February 19 2001 ŠAlex C. Telander.
Originally published in the Long Beach Union.
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