The Sweet Hereafter
by:
Russell Banks (author)
In The Sweet Hereafter, Russell Banks tells a story that begins with a school bus accident. Using four different narrators, Banks creates a small-town morality play that addresses one of life's most agonizing questions: when the worst thing happens, who do you blame?
In The Sweet Hereafter, Russell Banks tells a story that begins with a school bus accident. Using four different narrators, Banks creates a small-town morality play that addresses one of life's most agonizing questions: when the worst thing happens, who do you blame?
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780060923242 (0060923245)
ASIN: 60923245
Publish date: November 25th 1997
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Pages no: 257
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
American,
Literary Fiction,
Adult,
Contemporary,
Modern
One of the few times I could say I liked the movie more than the book, although the book was terrific. They both actually had their charms. But the addition of the Pied Piper to the movie was genius and I liked that here was less focus on the sexual abuse.
Whoever said that they wished they had read the book before seeing the movie was spot on. It kind of ruined the book for me because I already knew the secrets the characters were carrying and the outcomes. Not just that, but the movie embedded visuals in my head, so it was harder to create my own. I...
The Sweet Hereafter is the story of a school bus accident which tears a small town apart. Told from the perspective of four different characters, the plot is interesting and the method Banks uses to propel the story is very effective.I struggled with the voices of the characters too much, however. ...
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