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Sto caricando le informazioni... Who Is Mark Twain? (2009)di Mark Twain
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. A brisk audiobook read, read by the amazing John Lithgow, which totally made this a special experience. Lithgow is brilliant, and he makes Twain's prose that much more wonderful. The piece about the Austrian housemaid about gave me an aneurism while I was out on my morning walk. If nothing else, this little collection of unpublished shorts shows Twain's far ranging mind, and its insightful brilliance at calling 'bullshit' on anything and everything. We should all count ourselves lucky that we have never been the target of one of Twain's biographical satires. His scalpel is infinitesimally sharp and he uses it with the skill of a prize knife fighter. Not all the essays here are as solid - some are fragmentary and unfinished, and some are a bit boring, frankly, but they all show a mind like none other found in the history or writing - or complaining. ( ) I'm a big fan of Mark Twain's non-fiction, so I was intrigued by the concept of this book. However, while it contained a few clever pieces, overall, it didn't really seem to hold up to his larger, finished works. If you are a diehard fan who wants to read every scrap of Twain available, enjoy. But if you are a more casual admirer and want to read his best, go for Innocents Abroad or one of his other major works. Not a masterpiece, but definitely interesting. This is a work of non-published short stories and essays that were left behind unpublished at Twain's death. Most of these works reflect Twain's familiar style, but several of them are unfinished. Some are autobiographical, others are purely literary. It is a bit spotty and sporadic, as posthumous collections usually are, since the author has no ability to control or edit his own work to ensure it's what he really meant/wanted. Overall, a quick, enjoyable read, but not on a par with most of what has been published earlier. While it’s certainly not necessary that one be a Twain expert to enjoy this collection, readers who have some familiarity with Twain and a fondness for his work and his history will get the most out of it. This one-sitting read would be a great gift for lovers of American literature and a nice addition to any serious reader’s library. Read my full review at The Book Lady's Blog. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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"[Twain] was, in the phrase of his friend William Dean Howells, 'the Lincoln of our literature'... At the heart of his work lies that greatest of all American qualities: irreverence." -- Washington Post "More than 100 years after [Twain] wrote these stories, they remain not only remarkably funny but remarkably modern.... Ninety-nine years after his death, Twain still manages to get the last laugh." -- Vanity Fair Who Is Mark Twain? is a collection of twenty six wickedly funny, thought-provoking essays by Samuel Langhorne Clemens--aka Mark Twain--none of which have ever been published before, and all of which are completely contemporary, amazingly relevant, and gut-bustingly hilarious. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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