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Bezig met laden... Rookery Bluesdoor Jon Hassler
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. This is a lightly amusing novel about five very recognizable characters. It's a pleasant read, but the plot seems a bit forced and like it never came together as naturally as it could have. ( ) Five professors from Rookery State College in northern Minnesota decide to form the Icejam Quintet jazz ensemble. For each, the close circle of friends replaces something they were missing from their lives. Meanwhile, the college's faculty are unionizing and strike talk is in the air. Subplots deal with alcoholism and suicide. As the year comes to an end, each member's life takes off in new directions. Rookery Blues strength is its character development. While the plot is at times depressing and gloomy, the ending is hopeful. Rookery Blues.doc 3641. Rookery Blues, by Jon Hassler (read 27 Oct 2002) This is Hassler's 1995 book. I never read anything by him till May of 1996, but have since read all seven books of his before this one, some with great appreciation. This book is so funny. I had to go to the basement to read it because my laughing aloud was so distracting to my wife. The book is definitely a success if one is only looking for enjoyment and insightful comments on crazy things Hassler's weird characters do. This is a whimsical yet cynical book laid on an imaginary college campus in northern Minnesota. I think of Hassler as a kind of male Anne Tyler. Set amidst the discontent of the 1960s, Hassler's comic novel looks at a group of disaffected academics in a small Minnesota town. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. (Publishers Weekly) "UNFORGETTABLE . . . Hassler has skillfully encapsulated an entire world of humanity and emotion in one tiny town in northern Minnesota." --San Diego Union-Tribune "IRRESISTIBLY DELIGHTFUL . . . TOUCHING AND UPLIFTING." --The Orlando Sentinel "AN UPROARIOUSLY FUNNY, WONDERFULLY SATISFYING SENDUP OF ACADEMIC TOMFOOLERY." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Rookery State College in the late 1960s is an academic backwater if ever there was one--until the Icejam Quintet is born. With Leland Edwards on piano, Neil Novotny on clarinet, Victor Dash on drums, and Connor on bass, the group comes together with the help of its muse, the lovely Peggy Benoit, who plays saxophone and sings. But soon isolated Rookery State will be touched by the great discontent sweeping the country: the first labor union in the college's history comes noisily to campus. As a teachers strike takes shape, the five musicians must struggle with their loyalties--to the school, the town, their families, and one another. . . . Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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