- Paperback: 480 pages
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC; Export ed edition (24 Jun 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0747597499
- ISBN-13: 978-0747597490
- Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 15.2 x 3.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,642,507 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'One of the most satisfying writers on the contemporary scene' New York Times 'A writer of enormous talent and charm' Washington Post
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'Though I've always loved Ethan Canin's work, I still wasn't prepared for America America as rich, ambitious, intelligent, emotionally satisfying and important a work of fiction as we're likely to get this year.' Richard Russo, author of Pulitzer Prize-winning EMPIRE FALLS 'With an unusually magical entwining of character, voice, and story, Ethan Canin has written one brilliant narrative after another He is one of the best writers at work today' Lorrie Moore 'Mesmeric It has the feel of Brideshead Revisited and The Line of Beauty' William Leith, Evening Standard 'Canin paints on a large canvas with an undercurrent of the mythic, the magical, the grandly tragic Engaging and well crafted' Lionel Shriver, Daily Telegraph
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
It took two attempts to get into this book properly but I'm glad I did in the end. It's not spectacular but far preferable to a lot of the fiction I've read recently. The characters are well drawn, the prose is nice without being too showy, and the story, while not what you would call conventionally gripping, is good enough to hold you right till the end. It's an interesting look at the privilege of American politics for those involved at the highest level. A fine book.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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I'm a little late to the "America, America" review section because I only recently was told how good the book is and how much I'd enjoy it. It IS good and I DID enjoy it! I'd read Ethan Canin's "Palace Thief" when it was published a few years ago and thought Canin had a great writer's voice.
This comes out fully in "America, America", the story of two men, Corey Sifter and Liam Metarey, who are bound together by history and personality. Sifter, who narrates the story, flips back and forth in both time and relationship, from the early 1970's to 2008. He is the son of working class people whose talents and intelligence is recognised by Liam Metarey, the scion of a wealthy liberal family in upstate New York. Metarey mentors Corey, arranges for his education at a boarding school and then at Haverford College. At the same time, Corey works around the Metarey estate and becoming involved in the presidential campaign of a Teddy Kennedy/George McGovern-like Democrat in 1971 and 1972. Henry Bonwiller, the candidate, is involved in some shady deals and possibly in the death of a young woman ala Teddy Kennedy's Chappaquidick-like accident.
Sifter grows up and becomes a journalist on an upstate-New York newspaper and in turn mentors another young person.Part of the story is his relating to Trieste the story of the decline of the Metarey empire along with the political ambitions of Henry Bonwiller.
Canin is a spot-on writer of dialogue and character development. All his characters - both major and minor - are beautifully drawn. If you, like me, missed "America, America" when it was originally issued, it's well worth seeking out and reading.
This comes out fully in "America, America", the story of two men, Corey Sifter and Liam Metarey, who are bound together by history and personality. Sifter, who narrates the story, flips back and forth in both time and relationship, from the early 1970's to 2008. He is the son of working class people whose talents and intelligence is recognised by Liam Metarey, the scion of a wealthy liberal family in upstate New York. Metarey mentors Corey, arranges for his education at a boarding school and then at Haverford College. At the same time, Corey works around the Metarey estate and becoming involved in the presidential campaign of a Teddy Kennedy/George McGovern-like Democrat in 1971 and 1972. Henry Bonwiller, the candidate, is involved in some shady deals and possibly in the death of a young woman ala Teddy Kennedy's Chappaquidick-like accident.
Sifter grows up and becomes a journalist on an upstate-New York newspaper and in turn mentors another young person.Part of the story is his relating to Trieste the story of the decline of the Metarey empire along with the political ambitions of Henry Bonwiller.
Canin is a spot-on writer of dialogue and character development. All his characters - both major and minor - are beautifully drawn. If you, like me, missed "America, America" when it was originally issued, it's well worth seeking out and reading.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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I cannot recall why I purchased this book but was I lucky! This is one of the best reads of this year, nee this decade. The prose, the storyline, the characters the reflections all add up to a magnificent novel.
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