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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Good coming of age novel. ( ) This book describes a young man's experiences during WWII as he moves from Alabama to New Mexico for his senior year of high school. It shows his adaptation to a variety of cultural and geographical changes en route to becoming an adult. The war is treated almost as a separate character in terms of the impact it had on the people on the home front. The characters are memorable. The wry wit and satirical humor made me laugh out loud frequently. l found it warm and engaging. I love this book, read as a teen and never forgotten. In the summer of 1944, Frank Arnold, a wealthy shipbuilder in Mobile, Alabama, receives his volunteer commission in the U.S. Navy and moves his wife, Ann, and seventeen-year-old son, Josh, to the family’s summer home in the village of Corazon Sagrado, high in the New Mexico mountains. A true daughter of the Confederacy, Ann finds it impossible to cope with the quality of life in the largely Hispanic village and, in the company of Jimbob Buel—an insufferable, South-proud, professional houseguest—takes to bridge and sherry. Josh, on the other hand, becomes an integral member of the Sagrado community, forging friendships with his new classmates, with the town’s disreputable resident artist, and with Amadeo and Excilda Montoya, the couple hired by his father to care for their house. Josh narrates the story of his fateful year in Sagrado and, with irresistibly deadpan, irreverent humor, describes the events and people who influence his progress to maturity. Unhindered by his mother's disdain for these "tacky, dusty little Westerners," Josh comes into his own and into a young man's finely formed understanding of duty, responsibility, and love. The label "coming of age story" is plastered all over the blurbs and reviews of this beautiful novel published in 1968. That label is not wrong, exactly, but it is deceptive, because it leaves a good deal out. Josh Arnold certainly grows up a lot in his 17th year, which happens to be the last year of WWII, the year his father moves the family from Mobile, Alabama, to the safety of their summer home in New Mexico, while he sails off to a naval command. But Josh is no innocent when we meet him, and even with his smart mouth and cocky teen-aged attitude, he is already more mature and self-aware than his spoiled, sheltered mother who is so out of her element that she regularly retreats into boredom and booze. The steel in the magnolia is notably absent. Mrs. Arnold is also a superficial, put-upon, unpleasantly class-conscious bigot. She could have been a sympathetic character since some of what's wrong with her isn't entirely her fault, but neither her son nor the author seem to have much compassion where she is concerned, nor do they make excuses or allowances for her behavior. Josh, in fact, sees and respects the humanity in almost everyone his mother detests. He doesn’t learn it as the story develops, it’s part of who he is already. There is a heartening embrace of diversity among his friends, even when they encounter the ugliness of Us vs. Them. I am reminded of how I felt about the world at Josh's age (at about the same point in history)---there was bad stuff in it, some of it might come my way, but it would be the exception, not the rule, and we. could. change. it. I haven’t been blessed with a 5 star read in a while, but this one made up for the drought. I just finished one of my favorite books. Again. Red Sky At Morning has been compared to Catcher in the Rye. I think it is so much better. I read CITR maybe twice in the 1980s, but I remember him smoking and roaming around the city aimlessly, cussing and that his sister was named Phoebe and he was concerned that she would turn out like him. Kind of like a not-so-fun Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Again, this is my memory from 20 years ago. I may feel different now. After skimming a synopsis, I admit I should probably read it again. RSAM is about a kid whose Dad goes off to WWII while he and his mother end up in Small-Town, New Mexico. Josh does all the things small town kids do, and manages to be charming and funny, yet respectful, not sullen like Holden comes off. This book makes me laugh every time I read it. It seems like every few years I understand new levels in it. I might like this book particularly because it takes place in a world I can imagine, rather than New York, but the protagonist's attitude is positive, he is the sort of person I would have liked to have been friends with when I was in high school. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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The classic coming-of-age story set during World War II about the enduring spirit of youth and the values in life that count. In the summer of 1944, Frank Arnold, a wealthy shipbuilder in Mobile, Alabama, receives his volunteer commission in the U.S. Navy and moves his wife, Ann, and seventeen-year-old son, Josh, to the family's summer home in the village of Corazon Sagrado, high in the New Mexico mountains. A true daughter of the Confederacy, Mrs. Arnold finds it impossible to cope with the quality of life in the largely Hispanic village and, in the company of Jimbob Buel--an insufferable, South-proud, professional houseguest-- takes to bridge and sherry. Josh, on the other hand, becomes an integral member of the Sagrado community, forging friendships with his new classmates, with the town's disreputable resident artist, and with Amadeo and Excilda Montoya, the couple hired by his father to care for their house. Josh narrates the story of his fateful year in Sagrado and, with deadpan, irreverent humor, reveals the events and people who influence his progress to maturity. Unhindered by his mother's disdain for these "tacky, dusty little Westerners," Josh comes into his own and into a young man's finely formed understanding of duty, responsibility, and love. One of America's finest coming-of-age novels, Red Sky at Morning remains a "first novel to rejoice in" (Harper's) and "a novel of consequence" (New York Times Book Review). Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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