The Making of Americans
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The Making of Americans is not really a novel, as Gertrude Stein's narrator says-"not just an ordinary kind of novel with a plot and conversations to amuse you"-but an attempt at a thorough and exacting distillation of the essential properties of peoples' behavior. Through sentences that seem to repeat themselves, we are presented, on the surface, with a portrait of the "simple middle class monotonous tradition" as enacted by generations of the...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1087929563
ISBN13:9781087929569
Release Date:December 2020
Publisher:Long Dead Editions
Length:858 Pages
Weight:2.97 lbs.
Dimensions:1.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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Classics Contemporary Domestic Life Fiction Literary Literature & Fiction Women's FictionCustomer Reviews
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Beautifully written!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
It is a shame that so much of Gertrude Stein's work is dismissed because of its unconventionality. Though sometimes difficult to read, Stein's writing has a lyrical quality about it unparalleled by the work of other writers. The Making of Americans is probably one of her best, and well worth the effort it might take to read it. I found that after only a few pages, I was moved along by the rhythm and cadence that carries the story. A wonderful read!
The great unsung classic of the twentieth century.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
What starts of as an anecdotal recounting of what I imagine is Stein's forefathers and foremothers immigrant experience launches off into a brilliant, highly intellectual examination and rhapsody of individuality and conformity among other things (like death and consciousness and the battle between the sexes). This book will literally change the way you think you think. I think it should.
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