Their Yesterdays
by Harold, Bell Wright
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Author: Harold, Bell WrightEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2005-08-01
ISBN: 1598184431
Number of pages: 196
Publisher: Aegypan
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Book Review: A strange approach to writing a novel
Summary: 3 Stars
Most novelists write about characters who are "tested" by one or more of the more or less universally accepted "principles" of life (job success, success in love, learning from mistakes, etc.). This determines the book's conflict. But Wright chooses to write about the "principles" themselves, and is not concerned with character at all. It's as if Homer wrote about the characteristics of a great warrior but left Achilles out. It's a strange approach.
He lists 13 "truly great things of life" (included are occupation, religion, temptation, failure, success, love, etc.), and each chapter in the book explores one "great thing" through a nameless man and woman (Everyman). It's a bloodless novel because the characters are mere puppets on a stage conveying the ideas behind Wright's 13 "great things." Wright was a minister before turning to novel writing full-time, and a lot of what he writes comes across as sermonizing. Although very popular in its day, this is not one of Wright's better efforts.
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