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Don Robertson (1) (1929–1999)

Autor(a) de The Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread: A Novel

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21 Works 484 Membros 15 Reviews 3 Favorited

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Obras de Don Robertson

The Ideal, Genuine Man (1987) 47 cópias
Praise the Human Season (1974) 36 cópias
Paradise Falls (1968) 30 cópias
The Sum and Total of Now (1966) 17 cópias
Prisoners of Twilight (1989) 16 cópias
The Three Days (1959) 15 cópias
A Flag Full of Stars (1964) 14 cópias
By Antietam Creek (1960) 14 cópias
The River and the Wilderness (1962) 11 cópias
Victoria at Nine (1979) 9 cópias
Paradise Falls Vol 2 (1968) 8 cópias
Make a wish (1978) 4 cópias
Mystical Union (1978) 2 cópias
The Forest of Arden (1981) 2 cópias
Harv: A Novel (1985) 1 exemplar(es)

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Conhecimento Comum

Data de nascimento
1929-03-21
Data de falecimento
1999-03-21
Local de enterro
Logan, Ohio, USA
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
USA
Local de nascimento
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Educação
Harvard University
Western Reserve University
Ocupação
journalist
Premiações
Cleveland Arts Prize (1966)
Mark Twain Award (1991)

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Set in Cleveland in 1944, this is the story of nine year-old Morris Bird III, who is a good athlete and a nice kid, though he unintentionally causes an uproar at school with "the salami sandwich incident" and allows the school bully to be blamed. Morris is an independent thinker, choosing a strange kid named Stanley Chaloupka as his best friend when the other kids think Stanley is weird. Morris is also loyal. When Stanley moves to a far away neighborhood, Morris tells him he will come see him, ditching a class field trip to spend the afternoon walking to Stanley's new home. He had expected to go alone, but at the last minute, he's saddled with taking his annoying six-year old sister with him and renting a classmate's wagon to pull her across town. Along the way the two bicker while encountering unusual and comedic situations. This is the story of a boy's daily life, and it reminded me of Jean Shepard's In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash, the basis of A Christmas Story.
And then, three-quarters of the way through, it was as if the story was passed to Stephen King, because a horror befalls Cleveland and Morris and his little sister have front row seats. The characters, including children, are decimated. It's rare to find a book that goes along as a humorous slice-of-life tale, then turns on a dime like this. If Robertson wanted to startle his reader, he did it.
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mstrust | outras 5 resenhas | Jan 8, 2024 |
Well, I'm glad I read it, but I'm even more glad it's finally finished.
 
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Jeffrey_G | outras 5 resenhas | Nov 22, 2022 |
Morris Bird III is 9y.o. and he's s typical boy in the '40's (or so I surmise from stories my dad has told me of his childhood.) The beginning of the book is slow, but very important to get the feel of the times and the characters.
When Morris's teacher gives a speech about self-respect he decides he wants that. He plans a trip to visit a friend that moved away to another part of town. He's going to visit his friend Stanley Chaloupka, whom is an odd bird and doesn't have any friends. From the beginning of the trip, things start to happen; first his sister Sandra demands she be taken with him or she'll scream and he won't get to go. Then a school friend loans him his wagon, but for a small fee. Some friend! On the way to Stanley's house many more incidences happen and one might just turn around, call it a good try and go back home. Morris doesn't though.
He is determined to do this one thing on his own!
In the end he saves four lives; his, his sister's, a burning woman, and a legless man. The legless man tells a police officer that 'Morris is the greatesst thing since sliced bread. He saved them. He's going to grow into a real man.'
Morris wonders if this has anything to do with what his teacher had talked about when she made her speech about Ulysses S. Grant.
This is a slow moving story, but it's such a powerful story of a 9 y/o's perseverance and a tragic incident in the city where he shows his strength of character, a step towards being an adult. And the situation is a catch-22. If he hadn't skipped his field trip to visit his friend Stanley, he wouldn't have been involved in the explosion, but then who would have saved the lady and the legless man?
I highly recommend reading this book.
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VhartPowers | outras 5 resenhas | Dec 27, 2018 |
My hardcover copy of The Ideal, Genuine Man by Don Robertson was published in 1987 by Stephen King's Philtrum Press and includes a forward by King. This is a hard novel to read. No one is likable in it. It is disgusting and repulsive in many places. It's hopeless and helpless and full of pain. I actually forced myself to continue reading it. Suddenly, the ending made it quite clear why King praised it so highly, why he considers it a great novel. I can't recommend it, but if you do read it, you will never forget it. Haunting novel...
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Obras
21
Membros
484
Popularidade
#51,011
Avaliação
4.0
Resenhas
15
ISBNs
46
Idiomas
2
Favorito
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