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Summary: Fantastically creative
Review: I first read this book on a train ride from Paris to Bretagne - cover-to-cover in one trip. I thought the characters were great, the images were so colorful, and I loved the humor. Now, twelve years later, someone has absconded with my copy, and I have to buy a new one. After reading this, read "A Cannibal in Manhattan" and "A Certain Age". Tama Janowitz is one of my favorite authors. Her writing is like visual art on paper. If I had to compare her writing to the work of fine artists, I would say she is like Gustav Klimt meets Faith Ringgold.
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Summary: Excellent adventure!
Review: Let me just start out by telling you all that this is one of my all-time favorite books. I first read this when I was a teenager, and I believe I felt a bit of a synergy with Tama Janowitz' stories in this book. This book captures a time in the 1980's when New York City was a bouncing, art-filled world. This book is actually a collection of short stories, and though they are fiction, if you have ever been around the art world or lived in New York City from the 1980's-on, you can probably see a little bit of yourself or some others in the stories of these fictitious characters. What's great about this book is that although many of the stories vary, main characters are created and focused upon. So, while one story may contain a character that is never heard again from in the book, other stories return back to some main characters. And, oh, what characters! From the depressed but creative Eleanor, who designs her own earrings and is unhappy with her relationship with up-and-coming artist Stash, to struggling artist Marley Mantello, and his tales of striving for greatness, whilst eating such things as 'eggplant-chocolate-chip ice cream'. Enjoy this book, it is a fiction book, very witty, and very creative. Tama Janowitz has a knack for writing novels about life in New York City, and other places. This is one of her best novels, as yet, and I look forward to more of her novels, in the upcoming future.
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Summary: thank you
Review: Tama, relationship are sometimes geografical a long way off... I live in Bratislava, Slovakia
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