Was
This haunting, wildly original novel explores the lives of several characters entwined by The Wizard of Oz--both the novel written by L. Frank Baum and the strangely resonant 1939 film. Was traverses the American landscape to reveal how the human imagination transcends the bleakest circumstance.
This haunting, wildly original novel explores the lives of several characters entwined by The Wizard of Oz--both the novel written by L. Frank Baum and the strangely resonant 1939 film. Was traverses the American landscape to reveal how the human imagination transcends the bleakest circumstance.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780140178722 (0140178724)
ASIN: 0140178724
Publish date: 1993-05-01
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 384
Edition language: English
Very...Ryman. Which is to say it's very good, empathetic and largely bittersweet. Preoccupied with time, death, change, what gives life meaning, how the individual experiences the historic, the impermanence of all things and AIDS. Comes complete with confusing but affecting surrealist bit and twisty...
I had a hard time choosing between 2 and 3 stars for this book. I felt very much through the whole thing like this book was trying to Tell Me Something but that I was just too stupid to get it. I don't like books that make me feel stupid. So there you go.This book was about 15% moments that were mil...
A strange and wonderful fantasy riff on The Wizard of Oz, a "real-life" Dorothy, Garland, Kansas, and oh yes, ideas of home. "There no place like home" will never sound quite the same again.
I bet I would have loved this story but I couldn't take the writing style; too boring.
Several threads interweave around Wizard of Oz themes. The Dorothy here is an orphan who arrives in 1875’s Manhattan Kansas with Toto to live with the impoverished Aunt Em and her less than friendly mate, Uncle Henry, who will eventually abuse her. Dorothy is miserable. Her family is believed to hav...
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