- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; 1st thus. edition (27 Jan 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140292055
- ISBN-13: 978-0140292053
- Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 11 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,282,630 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Akmakjian's novel 30,000 Mornings is a pleasant blend of fact and fiction giving the reader a light-hearted glimpse of New York at the end of a millennium. This is an exposé of the foolishness that we are all quite capable of, captured in the microcosmic life of Inge.
Inge is preoccupied with the whereabouts of her friend Karen but she is annoyed more so by the fact that she is alone in this concern for a fellow human being. While everyone else in the fashion industry continues their lives undaunted, Inge finds herself unable to function properly. She seeks solace in her shrink, her boyfriend, sex and alcohol. None can give her the answers she needs. Soon the question is not just the whereabouts of Karen, but instead a crisis of personality and direction.
Unconsciously reinforcing the maxim that the US is a salad bowl rather than a melting pot, Inge's life is a very ironic and uncomfortable view of relationships between the sexes. Through her healthy appetite for Vodka, food and sex, and Hal's obsession with urinating, maybe the book tells us much more about ourselves than of the characters.
30,000 Mornings shows all the characteristics of many works from Lapland--amusing and optimistic yet deeply embedded with melancholy.--Jon Smith --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Fast-paced, extremely funny and enjoyable read.
On the surface, 30,000 Mornings deals with a kidnapping, prostitution rings and white slavery, but in the course of telling the story, the heroine, Inge (a lively spirited young Finnish woman transplanted to New York City) discovers in American life things that she perceives in her own screwball, forthright and honest way that makes the culture of Manhattan extremely funny, and even at times quite erotic. The resulting collection of characters, graffiti, anecdotes and jokes makes for a fast-paced read, with overtones of Scheherazade spinning tales to keep the unknowable known at bay. Inge's quest for her friend -- and not so incidentally for her own sense of balance in life -- leads to a deeper question: how does one come to terms with the inevitable in order to go on living? Although making a serious point, the novel's whole manner is a cross between Rabelais, Laurence Sterne and Henry Miller, in keeping with Horace's admonition: "Why should one not speak the truth laughing?" Fast-paced reading enjoyment is practically guaranteed. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
On the surface, 30,000 Mornings deals with a kidnapping, prostitution rings and white slavery, but in the course of telling the story, the heroine, Inge (a lively spirited young Finnish woman transplanted to New York City) discovers in American life things that she perceives in her own screwball, forthright and honest way that makes the culture of Manhattan extremely funny, and even at times quite erotic. The resulting collection of characters, graffiti, anecdotes and jokes makes for a fast-paced read, with overtones of Scheherazade spinning tales to keep the unknowable known at bay. Inge's quest for her friend -- and not so incidentally for her own sense of balance in life -- leads to a deeper question: how does one come to terms with the inevitable in order to go on living? Although making a serious point, the novel's whole manner is a cross between Rabelais, Laurence Sterne and Henry Miller, in keeping with Horace's admonition: "Why should one not speak the truth laughing?" Fast-paced reading enjoyment is practically guaranteed. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Chick-Lit for Thinking Girls.,
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This review is from: 30, 000 Mornings (Paperback)
If like me, you've ever wondered why contemporary women's fiction has to be so wet, then don't lose faith. 30,000 Mornings is chick-lit for thinking girls. It's sassy, it's witty and it puts the likes of Alexandra Potter and Adele Parks to shame. Icy-blonde Finnish model, Inge diarises an ultramodern New York with a narrative that is both charming and effortless. Set in a gritty Manhattan winter, the novel occupies the sleazy world of sex, vodka and philosophy - an uneasy mix, but one that strangely works. Think 'Sex and the City' - only with a much darker agenda.
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A wonderful and fascinating book.,
By A Customer
This review is from: 30, 000 Mornings (Paperback)
This is a wonderfully entertaining novel. On the surface it is about the art world, photography, modeling, psychoanalysis, friendships, lovers, drinking and New York City. Through Inge we see all these subjects, and with her as a guide they all come alive. Inge has a terrific voice and I enjoyed her comments, wisecracks and meditations on life.For ultimately that is what this book is about: life and how we deal with it. As Inge deals with the loss of her friend Karen, she slowly begins to deal with her own emotional losses and blocks. As she comes alive, we the reader come alive with her. The best compliment I can pay to Inge is that I miss her already!
4.0 out of 5 stars
Love, Loss and Finns in NY,
This review is from: 30, 000 Mornings (Paperback)
I got this free with a copy of, the now sadly deceased magazine, Nova, so I put off reading it for a while thinking it would be quite trashy. I was therefore surprised that although not "literary" TTM shows insight and understanding on the themes of loss, loneliness and misunderstanding.It's interesting that Inge is a voice of the newly immigrated to America- a social group usually reserved for the Irish (McCourt's 'Tis) or the Italians (Puzo's The Godfather). For someone unfamiliar with Scandinavian culture this book is useful in its references to the same- I think I picked up more of Finland from it than New York that is more familiar in modern literature. Unfortunately, there are negative aspects to this book. Its lack of plot is one thing and its repetitiveness another. TTM is more like a diary that a storyline lead novel making it a thinking woman's Bridget Jones's Diary. This trips along easily enough even at over 300 pages but its meanings and themes do not seem as strong as they could be.
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