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Scott Spencer (1) (1945–)

Autor(a) de Endless love

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14+ Works 1,776 Membros 55 Reviews 4 Favorited

About the Author

Scott Spencer was born September 1, 1945, in Washington, D.C. He is an American author. Endless Love and A Ship Made of Paper have both been nominated for the National Book Award. He has taught at Columbia University, the University of Iowa, Williams College, and Bard College's Bard Prison mostrar mais Initiative. Spencer is an alumnus of Roosevelt University. In 2004, he was the recipient of a John S. Guggenheim Fellowship. For the past twenty years, he has lived in a small town in upstate New York. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos

Obras de Scott Spencer

Endless love (1979) 511 cópias
A Ship Made of Paper (2003) 489 cópias
Man in the Woods (2010) 247 cópias
Waking the Dead tie-in (1986) 143 cópias
Willing (2008) 121 cópias
Men in Black (1995) 81 cópias
The Rich Man's Table (1998) 37 cópias
Preservation Hall (1976) 21 cópias
Secret Anniversaries (1990) 20 cópias
The Magic Room (1987) 11 cópias
Endless Love 1 exemplar(es)

Associated Works

The Good Parts: The Best Erotic Writing in Modern Fiction (2000) — Contribuinte — 34 cópias
Endless Love [2014 movie] (2015) — Original novel — 22 cópias
Waking the Dead [2000 film] (2000) — Original novel — 10 cópias

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Conhecimento Comum

Nome padrão
Spencer, Scott
Nome de batismo
Spencer, Scott
Outros nomes
Novak, Chase
Data de nascimento
1945-09-01
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
USA
Local de nascimento
Washington, D.C., USA
Locais de residência
Washington, D.C., USA
Rhinebeck, New York, USA
Organizações
New York Times

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If I only rated books on their premise, this would be a 5-star entry. Paul, an odd mix of hippie and slacker, inadvertently commits a crime and seems to get away with it. He has a lot riding on keeping his freedom, living as he does with an older woman, Kate, who has hit the big time as an inspirational Christian author and radio star. His conscience won't let go, however, and he becomes increasingly haunted by his secret. We slowly come to realize he is as terrified of getting away with it as he is of being caught.

There was a lot to like here. The author tackles some big issues surrounding sin, redemption, forgiveness, absolution and the whole nine yards. It would have been even more powerful if the characters hadn't seemed a bit one-dimensional. Midway through, there was a seemingly extraneous sideplot that served little purpose. However, the parallel narrative of the stereotypical plodding cop who doggedly works to solve the crime turned out to be a welcome and appealing detour from what occasionally seemed to be a too-intense focus on the inner lives of Paul, Kate, and her daughter.
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rosalita | outras 13 resenhas | Nov 8, 2022 |
Un romanzo potente sulla forza dell’amore, sulla capacità di questo sentimento di portare l’uomo alla follia. David è un adolescente cresciuto in una famiglia borghese, il padre è un avvocato di sinistra e la madre una donna impegnata. L’amore per Jade è assoluto e la famiglia della ragazza, predicatrice dell’amore libero al tempo degli hippy, ragione di gioia. Il dramma inizia quando i genitori di Jade si oppongono alla relazione, vedendo nella coppia un rapporto morboso. La reazione di David non si fa attendere, dà fuoco alla casa di Jade rischiando di uccidere cinque persone. Il breve processo si conclude con una condanna, scontata, al ricovero forzato in un ospedale psichiatrico. Una volta scontata la pena David ottiene la libertà vigilata, non può avvicinarsi alla famiglia di Jade né alla ragazza, ma il richiamo dell’amore è più forte. E così David incontra la madre di Jade, Ann, scatenando la furia del padre che inseguendolo viene investito da un’auto e muore. Ma il funerale diventa l’occasione per rincontrare Jade e provare a ritessere le fila di una grande amore. La passione del ragazzo, l’amore assoluto, sembrano prevalere sulle cose della vita, ma alla fine David viene fermato e condannato per aver violato le norme sulle libertà vigilata. Dapprima torna a Rockville, il costoso ospedale psichiatrico dove aveva scontato la prima volta la pena e poi, morto il padre e persa l’assistenza finanziaria del nonno, è costretto a ricoverarsi presso una struttura psichiatrica federale. Intanto David viene a sapere che Jade si è sposata, che tutto è finito, ma lui continua a vivere esclusivamente in funzione del suo amore. Che, come dice il titolo del libro, è un amore senza fine. Un romanzo molto importante, di grande densità narrativa, una riflessione sulla forza dei sentimenti e sulla solitudine. Con un messaggio di speranza nelle ultime pagine del libro: “Le uniche cose che non rimpiango sono quelle che non ho fatto. Alla fin fine è solo questo che lamentiamo. I sentieri che non abbiamo percorso. Le persone che non abbiamo toccato”.… (mais)
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grandeghi | outras 17 resenhas | Sep 9, 2022 |
Excessive, obsessive, adolescent and naive...but what elevated language. Highly disappointed in the plot and characterization but pleasantly surprised by the depth and richness of the literary devices used. I understand why it's a classic.
 
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AngelaLam | outras 17 resenhas | Feb 8, 2022 |
River Under the Road by Scott Spencer begins an uncomfortable brunch and, in the course of several parties over the following decades, tells the story of a relationship. Grace and Thaddeus meet in Chicago one summer, she's an aspiring artist with an alcoholic mother, he's an aspiring author with parents who love, but don't particularly like him. They both dream of joining a vibrant artistic community, but it doesn't take them long to discover that New York in the seventies is less urbane and cultured than they expected. Grace's careful pencil drawings are not the performance art of the zeitgeist, and Thaddeus begins to worry that maybe he's not capable of writing the literary masterpiece he dreams of writing.

Scott Spencer is such a solid writer. He knows what he's doing, how to build a story, how to write characters who are nuanced and breathe. He writes a little like John Cheever, with his ability to write so that the words never become more visible than the story and with his portrayals of people stuck in moments of ambiguity or quiet discomfort. This was a novel with an old-fashioned feel and while I never warmed to either Grace or Thaddeus, with their innate conservatism, I was always happy to get back to this one and stayed up late more than once with it.
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RidgewayGirl | Aug 12, 2020 |

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Obras
14
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Membros
1,776
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Avaliação
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Resenhas
55
ISBNs
115
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