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Sophie's Choice (Paperback)

by William Styron (Author)
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  • Paperback: 640 pages
  • Publisher: Vintage; New edition edition (5 May 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0099483521
  • ISBN-13: 978-0099483526
  • Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 11 x 3.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 stars extremely moving, powerful story that packs a punch., 9 Mar 2001
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This review is from: Sophie's Choice (Picador Books) (Hardcover)
I throughly enjoyed the film and decided to read the book and it is even better, it is an extremely powerful story centering on three characters, Stingo the narrator, Sophie a Polish emigrant and Nathan, her Jewish lover. The story is set in Brooklyn, New York in 1947 and concerns the relationship between the three who are neighbours in the same boarding house. Initially all is well and they become the best of friends but all is not what it appears. It transpires that Sophie is a survivor of Auschwitz concentration camp although she is Polish. She is haunted by her past and by all the friends and family who did not survive the war. As the story continues it takes us back to pre-war Europe in flashback. It also explores her relationship with Nathan, a brilliant but unstable character with his own demons. Without giving too much away the story has a heartbreaking twist to it and a box of tissues might come in handy. For me, what gave it immediacy and such a haunting quality is that Sophie is apparently based on someone who the author actually knew and the reader is left asking how much of it is fiction?
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18 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The most moving book I have ever read, 31 Jan 2001
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This review is from: Sophie's Choice (Vintage classics) (Paperback)
Please, Please, Please read this book. It is an amazing account of the lives of three people drawn together in New York in 1947. This book should be read by both young and old. Through it's powerful and spell binding narrative it chronicals in particular the life of Sophie,a Polish survivor of Auschwitz and builds up to the gut renshing and heart breaking finale - her choice.
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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A deeply uncomfortable read, 8 Aug 2005
By Mrs. L. E. Jones "mrs jones" (UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sophie's Choice (Vintage Classics) (Paperback)
Although "Sophie's Choice" has been listed as a classic, I found this book to be a very uncomfortable and unsettling read. Through a series of lies and contructed truths, Sophie relates her wartime experiences in Poland leading up until the point where she is liberated from Auschwitz and her attempts to rebuild her life in New York. However, as Sophie is sexually objectified by the narrator's numerous fantasties and verbally and physically abused by her lover and "saviour" Nathan, I found the post war world created by Styron even more disturbing than the past. However, the blunt and honest way in which the post war psyche is explored through 3 very different characters is facinating.
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This is an amazing book, I don't know why I didn't discover it earlier. Despite its size it makes for an enjoyable read and it doesn't take a very long time to find yourself... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Simply, the best novel of the twentieth century.
Styron weaves tragedy and comedy in a delicously complex and counterpointed narrative. The writing is lyrical - pick up the book and starting reading at any page!
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5.0 out of 5 stars I think that this book was excellent!!!
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