The Book of Ruth
by:
Jane Hamilton (author)
Winner of the 1989 PEN/Hemingway Foundation Award for best first novel, this exquisite book confronts real-life issues of alienation and violence from which the author creates a stunning testament to the human capacity for mercy, compassion and love.
Winner of the 1989 PEN/Hemingway Foundation Award for best first novel, this exquisite book confronts real-life issues of alienation and violence from which the author creates a stunning testament to the human capacity for mercy, compassion and love.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780385265706 (0385265700)
ASIN: 385265700
Publish date: December 1st 1989
Publisher: Anchor Books
Pages no: 298
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
Adult,
Contemporary,
Womens Fiction,
Chick Lit,
Womens
I noticed this book on my shelf a few weeks ago and couldn't remember if I had read it or not, so I picked it up. I hadn't read it, and reading it now was one of those amazing reading experiences where one picks up the exact right book at the exact right time and it ring in one's head like a bell th...
The violence that occurs is shocking and disturbing. I don't ever want to read anything like that again.
Here's my sister's review, which is essentially what I would write if I could muster the energy to write my own review."I'm giving this 4 stars for the writing, although i really only liked this book about 3.5 stars' worth. Spoiler alert: There is a violent scene toward the end that I found very di...
My mother-in-law read this on Oprah's suggestion, then she asked me to read it so we could discuss it. We both hated it. There is no way the reader can accept the self-consciously literary narrator as Ruth, who tells us repeatedly how stupid and illiterate she is. Likewise I found Hamilton's attempt...
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