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Title: Arkansas : Three Novellas by David Leavitt ISBN: 0-395-90128-6 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 03 April, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3 (16 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Touching...and very funny
Comment: David Leavitt's novels are filed under the "alternative literature" section in our local bookshops. His works come recommended as that of an important modern writer. Apart from his award winning debut "Family Dancing" which focussed on a myriad of dysfunctionality in modern families, his subsequent novels and short stories have (I am told) been exclusively about gay life. "Arkansas - Three Novellas" is no different. It is purportedly also his most daring. Though graphic and explicit in some of its sex scenes, it is never pornographic. Leavitt has such a natural and easy writing style his prose never comes across forced. Neither does his plots seem contrived. Of the three novellas, "The Term Paper Artist" work best. It is both touching and funny. I found myself laughing through most of it. "The Wooden Anniversary" is also great. The twist at the end is simply ingenius. This makes me want to read its prequel in one of Leavitt's earlier short story collections. However, "Saturn Street" isn't quite as good. I found the story shallow and unconvincing. If "Arkansas - Three Novellas" is anything to go by, Leavitt is a writer that will appeal to readers of all persuasion. His stories and are both entertaining and enjoyable.
Rating: 2
Summary: This man is teaching our children!
Comment: So, the man who in this book writes about a man who writes A level term papers for failing college students ("The Term-Paper Artist"), and so convincingly I *have* to give him a star for it, is now teaching at the University of Florida and is up for Tenure. How about that.
Rating: 3
Summary: Not Leavitt's best day
Comment: The first story here, "The Term Paper Artist," is little more than a piece of gay erotica. "The Wooden Anniversary" is a return to hold characters and is written in a very wooden manner. "Saturn Street," is a good story, but unusual to Leavitt, the writing falls flat. Give him time; this is Leavitt's return after a slump inspired by a lawsuit (which you'll get a pretty good idea about upon reading "The Term Paper Artist." Pass.
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Title: The Page Turner by David Leavitt ISBN: 0395957877 Publisher: Mariner Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: The Marble Quilt by David Leavitt ISBN: 0395902444 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company Pub. Date: 21 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: While England Sleeps by David Leavitt ISBN: 0395752868 Publisher: Mariner Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 1995 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Family Dancing: Stories by David Leavitt ISBN: 0395877326 Publisher: Mariner Books Pub. Date: 14 November, 1997 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Equal Affections: A Novel by David Leavitt ISBN: 0802135315 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 1997 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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