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| Title | : | Ironweed (The Albany Cycle #3) |
| Author | : | William Kennedy |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 208 pages |
| Published | : | September 30th 2004 by Simon & Schuster Ltd (first published 1983) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Literature. Classics. Novels. American. Literary Fiction |
William Kennedy
Paperback | Pages: 208 pages Rating: 3.86 | 15300 Users | 677 Reviews
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Francis Phelan, ex-ballplayer, part-time gravedigger, full-time drunk, has hit bottom. Years ago he left Albany in a hurry after killing a scab during a trolley workers' strike. He ran away again after accidentally -- and fatally -- dropping his infant son. Now, in 1938, Francis is back in town, roaming the old familiar streets with his hobo pal, Helen, trying to make peace with the ghosts of the past and the present.
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| Original Title: | Ironweed |
| ISBN: | 0743263065 (ISBN13: 9780743263061) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Albany Cycle #3 |
| Setting: | Albany, New York(United States) New York State(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1984), PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Nominee (1984), National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction (1983) |
Rating Appertaining To Books Ironweed (The Albany Cycle #3)
Ratings: 3.86 From 15300 Users | 677 ReviewsRate Appertaining To Books Ironweed (The Albany Cycle #3)
This was such an enjoyable read. I am finally deprogramming from all the University horseshit and I got entangled in this great story. Sometimes, I think that people in the English profession actually hate books, or at least love to hate them. I'm so tired of that with books, so many people act like they are dissecting a frog when the review these books, there is no passion and I find that disheartening. Where are the muck and the mud and the beauty? Well, I'll tell you, they are in this book.The prose of this book is so gorgeous I could almost overlook that it's about a drunk, violent, nasty bum, his bum buddies, and their enablers. Almost. Maybe there wasn't enough background to make the characters sympathetic? It's a really short book and I feel like some important parts were missing, or maybe they were alluded to and I'm not bright enough to pick up on them? Why was this bum so appealing to everyone? Why should I give a shit about him? That's what's missing.I got all excited in
I can add another Pulitzer Prize winner to my list of READ PULITZER PRIZES. I may feel differently about this book later, but as of today I can give it three stars. It is a powerful book with a powerful message, kind of a "live and let live" philosophy in that I, Francis Phelan, have fucked up my life royally and all I have is my grief, so don't take that away from me. It is a very sad story as well, with portions of poignancy that make you want to grab Francis and tell him that his family is
Finished: 27.04.2018Genre: novelRating: BTheme: Redemption: The ghost of Francis infant son tells his father that hemust perform acts (of kindness) to exorcise his demons.#ClassicPulitzer Prize Fiction 1984 Review
Ironweed is the third book of William Kennedy's Albany series which focuses on the character Francis Phelan, father of the protagonist of his previous book Billy Phelan's Greatest Game and referring at times to events in the first book of this series, Legs. It won the Pulitzer in 1984 beating out Cathedral by Raymond Carver and The Feud by Thomas Berger, neither of which I have read yet. I think it was an unusual choice for the committee, and actually preferred Billy Phelan's Greatest Game.
"Ironweed" by William Kennedy is like "Death of a Salesman" meets "Field of Dreams" as written by Charles Bukowski channeling John Steinbeck. I found it to be depressing yet funny and it even made me a bit ill in some parts. I really liked it.
Find all of my reviews at: http://52bookminimum.blogspot.com/ Katie bar the door. Too wet to plow. Okay, since Im a robot thats a bit of a fabrication. I did, however, get a little choked up and thats pretty much as good as it gets when it comes to me bawling.Francis has spent his entire life running . . . Running bases after the crack of the bat, running from accusation, running from the calumny of men and women, running from family, from bondage, from destitution of spirit through
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