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Gertrude of Stoney Island Avenue (Hardcover)

by James Purdy (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Peter Owen Ltd; First Edition edition (22 May 1997)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0720610117
  • ISBN-13: 978-0720610116
  • Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14 x 1.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 2,170,060 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Hypnotic, 31 Aug 1999
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"Gertrude of Stony Island Avenue" is a hypnotic tale in which the boundary between the strange and the normal seems forever blurred. I was captivated by Purdy's highly distinctive style, which feels authentically "old-timey" yet also perpetually "off-balance." Carrie's search for her daughter constitutes one of the strangest yet ultimately moving quests for selfhood I have ever read.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Wonderfully Victorian, 7 Jan 1999
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I have no idea why I loved this book, but I did. Maybe because the language, though stiff and formal, is beautiful, like a preserved rose. There's also something wonderfully pre-Freudian about the characters. True, just about everyone in the book is half cracked, but in this universe, they're allowed to be. What a delight to be reminded that there was a time, before Oprah's tele-shrink ministry, and mass prozac-taking, and the proliferation of bad shrinks, when eccentrics were tolerated. Now, they're cured. Purdy's novel is eccentric to beat the band, but great fun.
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4.0 out of 5 stars authentic south-side Chicago; great old-time vocabulary, 7 Sep 1998
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I liked Gertrude of Stony Island Avenue very much. It is my first exposure to Purdy.Stony Island Avenue is the western boundary of the University of Chicago, my alma mater. This book catches the flavor of the area authentically, especially the style of the narrator, Carrie with her perfect-pitch dialogue and antique vocabulary. The time and place are beautifully evoked.The characters are all unreal but the mosaic is effective.
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