Noah's Compass
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780701184247 (0701184248)
Publish date: 2010
Publisher: Vintage Books
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
Liam is 61, unexpectedly unemployed, and the victim of a home break-in during his first night in a new apartment, but he can't remember even a moment of that event. What this mix of events has on Liam's life and family is the subject of Anne Tyler's 2009 novel "Noah's Compass." You can read more abo...
On the surface this is a slight tale about a man in his sixties who is trying to simplify his life. The characters are ordinary people and nothing much happens except the everyday things that all of us live through. But Anne Tyler's gift is to make us look again at all those things that we take fo...
Anybody can write an interesting story about interesting people. But how about a good story about uninteresting people? That's a more difficult challenge. This novel meets that challenge.This is a novel that features an normal person with ordinary abilities and no particular passion for life. Unmo...
Reflections on the life of the ordinary person during the sunset years - family, relationships, loss and acceptance of what is.... Sparse.
An interesting notion where a 60 year old man partially lost a memory and in the process of searching / coming to terms with it, found himself. What I really appreciate most about this story is that he kept firmly to his principle even though it hurts. It could be due to stubborness or stupidity o...
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