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Places Indiana. Add a review Your Rating: Your Comment:. Cash by Johnny Cash. The Body Electric by Beth Revis. Saphirblau by Kerstin Gier. Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier. Emerald Green by Kerstin Gier. Jean Shepherd writes mostly about his family either from the perspective of a child or with evident sympathy for this perspective.
His childhood, like my dad's, was during the depression at the southern reaches of Lake Michigan. His childhood, unlike my dad's, is painted in warm colors, remembered as, I suppose, Dad would like to, but can't quite, recollect his own.
Guy Austin. A Guy walks into a bar… Basically this is a story, rather stories, a man tells while visiting his boyhood home. He drops in to see his friend who owns the local bar. Together they wax reminiscent about the good old days over beer and Boilermakers.
Their interactions are really just interludes introducing a memory of yesteryears. The stories within the novel hold many discussions of a time long past. The Book is much more than the film many say this book is based on. I am here to tell you that there are stories and images the film shared, but it is just a taste of the nostalgia and humor this book delivers.
My old man was more into whatever he could afford. Each forever in some form of disrepair. The writing is very visual and descriptive. The language is a little superfluous. There are more adjectives in a sentence than I have ever heard before.
It clings precariously to the underbody of Chicago like a barnacle clings to the rotting hulk of a tramp steamer. They are lead to by several creative adjectives to insure you are properly placed in the moment and insure that you can not only see, but feel and smell the thing.
I enjoyed this very much. It is a fun roll and actually took me back to some of my youthful indiscretions my particular pack of misfit friends got ourselves into. Jean Shepard is a hell of a story teller.
Proving there were worthy articles in the magazine. Shepard is indeed a gifted humorist and writer. Whether he's describing visits of the personal tax assessor, raffles at a movie theater, or anticipating Christmas in childhood, he brings to life in vivid detail the world of a bygone era, when material wealth wasn't the throwaway ephemeral chattel of life that it is now.
I was fascinated not just with his humor, but hearing about the way he described school, neighborhoods and town life -- much like the way my mom remembers this type of community; she also grew up in northern Indiana and remembers the lifestyle and culture of the place, even though she's a generation younger. As this December marks Indiana's th birthday, I'm trying to read books by and about Indiana authors, so Shepherd is a natural pick -- highly recommended.
After watching "A Christmas Story" for the millionth time during the holidays I was craving more of Jean Shepherd's humor. I was familiar with his radio show but was pleased that there was a book version of many of his stories. This is a funny and entertaining read and you can see his influence on modern humorists' storytelling. It reminded me a lot of Bill Bryson's recollections of growing up in suburbia a few decades later.
The stories area loosely connected by meeting up with an old pal at a bar and they reminisce about growing up. His sarcasm and poking fun of the people of his town is excellent and the dialogue is genuine. Loved it. I generally subscribe to the mantra "the book is always better," when comparing books to movies made or inspired from the material so it's always interesting when I find a case where it's decidedly not. There were many times where I told myself to just allow this to go the way of the DNF pile but I really try and stick them out if they are for book club and less than pages.
I am sad to say I was not rewarded for my efforts. There are some books that just don't stand the test of time and this is one of them. I found this so dated that most of the references went way over my head, with the resulting effect being reader apathy. Throw in multiple references of casual homophobia, sexism and xenophobia and it became less appealing as the pages turned. I'm not sure I ever laughed out loud once although the chapters that were culled for A Christmas Story did bring forth some nostalgic sentiment.
The other chapters were just too meandering and long-winded and despite the promise of a big payoff at every intro to each chapter, I remained solidly uninterested and unimpressed every time. A disappointing read.
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