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Title: The Folded Leaf by William Maxwell ISBN: 0-679-77256-1 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 01 October, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Back when we were fab.
Comment: The Folded Leaf is beautiful and lucid, a compelling read and useful for showing us what life was like for a young man in the 20s. Some of the story doesn't seem to add up- for example, I never was convinced that Spud was a compelling character but hey, maybe he just wasn't my type. And the ending is tainted with the histrionics that seems to characterize so much early gay fiction (and so much of it written now). But in the end, this may not really be a gay book, so much as a book about one boy who loves another, and how they both dealt with it.
Final analysis, the book is warm and generous and kind, beautifully written and quite bold. I can recommend it without hesitation to a general audience, and some should read it as a classic text (and you know who you are).
Rating: 3
Summary: Excellent writing, mildly interesting
Comment: I agree that Maxwell wrote quite well, with very descriptive language, detail, and believable dialog. However, I found the story itself to be only mildly interesting. The relationship between the two main characters was unusual, of course, and complex in some ways, while lacking in breadth in many other ways. For example, there is neither significant action nor sophisticated philosophical discussion.
Some of the scenes are strong, especially when the adults participate more. I wish the girls had more character development, as Maxwell created some interesting individuals, but left them to relatively secondary roles where a longer book could have expanded their characters and interaction.
Rating: 5
Summary: william maxwell's "the folded leaf"
Comment: Personally, this book broke my heart. This is a story of an intense friendship, a kind of friendship that can only be had by the young, and the inevitable truth of life--that love eats friendship. The book ends on a somewhat upbeat note, but Maxwell's illustration of what you have to leave behind in childhood is so, so sad. Also interesting is the physical relationship that Spud and Lymie have with each other. It is completely innocent, but I know that it would never fly in today's homo-paranoia society.
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Title: So Long, See You Tomorrow by William Maxwell ISBN: 0679767207 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 03 January, 1996 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
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Title: Ancestors : A Family History by William Maxwell ISBN: 0679759298 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 17 January, 1995 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: They Came Like Swallows by William Maxwell ISBN: 067977257X Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 25 March, 1997 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Time Will Darken It by William Maxwell ISBN: 0679772588 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 04 February, 1997 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: My Mentor: A Young Man's Friendship with William Maxwell by Alec Wilkinson ISBN: 0618123016 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 04 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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