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Quality
That part is a chronicle of russ and his history with the navajo tribe and also how he met marion
He becomes a drug addict and eventually burns through most of the family’s money by borrowing or outright stealing
Always with the hope that life will be better soon
”despite the degeneracy of a few characters franzen also counters the ugly with the softest gentlest and most forgiving grace t... Read More
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Pirsig is of course the author of zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance
Crossroads is the corrections grown up and expanded in a dozen new directions
Packaging/appearance
And good plot management i think it was about 200 pages or more that occurred in one day with flashbacks filling in the gaps
Adolescence was a crossroads for those of us who traversed adolescence during the late 60s and early 70s
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Reading crossroads youll be able to find various buried pieces of youself embedded in his characters and realize that they are ... Read More
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novel, each, good, first and through. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
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- Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 1,944 reviews as of our last analysis date on Dec 11 2021.
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My heading sums it up i suppose
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Franzen creates complicated people with complicated lives
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This is the book for you if you like depictions of selfhatred jealousy delusion depression screaming arguments severe substance abuse familial dysfunction disappointment obsessive cigarette smoking and regret
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I could not put the book down and am looking forward to the next book in the trilogy
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I read a couple of the reviews that said that nothing happened in this book
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Their missteps are sometimes funny sometimes exasperation and sometimes tragic
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Consider how the dissatisfaction that dogs russ hildebrandt in his thirtyyear marriage to marion is describedit was unfair of him to have enjoyed her body when she was young and then burdened her with children and a thousand duties only now to feel miserable whenever he had to venture into public with her and her sorry hair her unavailing makeup her seemingly selfspiting choice of dress
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Coming away from crossroads more enriched for sure i keep wondering why this author hasn’t yet won the pulitzer prize for fiction
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