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Title: The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy ISBN: 0-395-35300-9 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 21 October, 1986 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.42 (171 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Purple prose detracts from a fast-paced story
Comment: I opened this book hoping to be moved by a well-written epic about the effects of a traumatic childhood. I had already seen the movie some years ago, so I knew what to generally expect. I was put off pretty quickly by the extremely longwinded descriptions and the totally overwrought dialouge. Who talks like this? Even if (especially if) you're a well-read football coach from the South? To his credit, Conroy has written a very fast-paced and entertaining story. The problem is that the reader does not ever forget that this is a work of pure fiction. Nowhere is this more true than in the "Free Willy" episode of the rescue of the white porpoise. Also, other than the climatic event of their lives, the parents don't seem really that bad. Certainly not bad enough for the poet sister to call her childhood "Auschwitz." In short, a fast read made slightly above average by the likeability of the narrator, Tom Wingo.
Rating: 5
Summary: Not to be Mistaken With The Streissand Movie
Comment: Pat Conroy's novel, which is a long read if you've seen the book or if you've read it, is a rich and romantic story telling of the lives of Tom Wingo, a Southern man with a dark past, and his love affair with New York psychiatrist Susan Lowenstein. But then novel is much more than that. It looks at the world of children, innocent in play and fancy in imagination, their trauma with an abusive father, issues of morality and of parental love. The novel is very narrative, Tom Wingo is a character whose mind can fill an entire palace of memories. There are many elements of the story that people nowaday can relate to. Look at the characters of Tom's mother, his sister Savannah and the charming urbane Dr. Lowenstein and her father-deprived son and you will see how closely connected to reality this novel can be. It is a romance, and in fact, in its depiction of an affair almost close to Bridges of Madison County. This novel will make you cry, will make you think and will warm your heart. So pick up a copy and read it before bed, perhaps listening to the music of Bach, who is the favored composer of Dr. Lowenstein's son. You will fall in love with Conroy's imagery and romanticism. A five star read.
Rating: 5
Summary: Compelling and well-written
Comment: This is not a short book, but then, when you're writing a major work of literature--a saga if you will--that covers years and years of pain, frustration, insight, and healing of the psyche, you can't expect it to be short. Prince of Tides is akin to other books that cover a great deal of ground (think Styron's Sophie's Choice or McCrae's Bark of the Dogwood)--all that do so in a riviting way, full of close-ups into human nature or lack thereof. Brilliantly written with believable characters and enough atmosphere and location change to make things really interesting, "Prince" is a major work not to be taken lightly. If you're not afraid of a big book, this is a great read.
Also recommended: Sophie's Choice, Bark of the Dogwood, and I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
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Title: Beach Music by Pat Conroy ISBN: 0553574574 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 June, 1996 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Great Santini by Pat Conroy ISBN: 0553268929 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 December, 1987 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Lords of Discipline by Pat Conroy ISBN: 0553271369 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 January, 1982 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Water Is Wide by Pat Conroy ISBN: 0553268937 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 November, 1987 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: My Losing Season by Pat Conroy ISBN: 0385489129 Publisher: Nan A. Talese Pub. Date: 15 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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