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| Original Title: | The Amateur Marriage |
| ISBN: | 0345472454 (ISBN13: 9780345472458) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Orange Prize Nominee for Fiction Longlist (2004) |
Anne Tyler
Paperback | Pages: 342 pages Rating: 3.62 | 14812 Users | 1288 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Amateur Marriage |
| Author | : | Anne Tyler |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 342 pages |
| Published | : | January 31st 2006 by Ballantine Books (first published January 6th 2004) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Contemporary |
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Anne Tyler would laugh, I'm sure, if she read these different reactions to this book. For isn't this her point in so many of her novels? How different we all are and how easily we misunderstand each other? How one person can hate what another loves so passionately? How easy it is to miss the point, get the wrong end of the stick, fail to see what's under your very nose?The genius of Tyler is in her understated approach to the great themes of life. Behind the seemingly trivial details of the everyday lives of her ordinary characters, we are shown the pathos and suffering that inevitably faces us all. The passing of time. The wasted opportunities. The clarity of hindsight. Death. Loss. Regret. Disappointment. And behind all those, the persistent tug of the present and the pull of everyday concerns, and the solace that they ultimately provide.
Tyler is one of the few novelists who can break your heart in a line. The closing paragraph of The Amateur Marriage had me in tears, and probably will again whenever I think of it.
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Ratings: 3.62 From 14812 Users | 1288 ReviewsCriticism Epithetical Books The Amateur Marriage
I liked the writing more than I liked the book itself. This isn't my typical read, but I was intrigued by the book's description. It focuses on three generations of a family and the impacts of a marriage on all of them. My biggest struggle was that the main characters, Michael and Pauline, were very hard to like and frustrated me beyond belief. I appreciated that Tyler did an excellent job in writing such flawed characters, but it was very challenging for me to read. Their life choices and itsJust finished reading this wonderful and complex and honest and heart-wrenching book a few hours ago. Review coming soon.See my review and others here: http://onceuponatime-bookblog.blogspo...This is the first book that I have read by Anne Tyler. It is a wonderful and compelling novel about the marriage gone horribly wrong of two people and the effects that it has across three generations. Michael and Pauline are young when they meet at Michael's mother's grocery store in the early 1940s.
I am fascinated by how families work, endurance, how do we get through life?- Anne Tyler, from an interview in The Guardian Two mismatched people impulsive, gregarious, Wasp Pauline and methodical, quiet Polish Catholic Michael get married, continually fight, move from one Baltimore neighbourhood to another, raise three children, experience loss and then well, I don't want to spoil the plot, such as it is.You dont read Anne Tyler for big drama; you go to her for her vivid characters and the
Mom and dad are fighting, again - and again - and again - and again - and again...Pauline is a high-maintenance disorganized impulsive extrovert drama queen and Michael is an highly organized, methodical slow-witted judgmental introvert who enjoys lists of groceries and looking at construction tools. They did not know this when they decided to get married. All Michael knew about Pauline was that he had never seen such a beautiful girl in his life, and she liked the color red. All Pauline knew
Anne Tyler would laugh, I'm sure, if she read these different reactions to this book. For isn't this her point in so many of her novels? How different we all are and how easily we misunderstand each other? How one person can hate what another loves so passionately? How easy it is to miss the point, get the wrong end of the stick, fail to see what's under your very nose?The genius of Tyler is in her understated approach to the great themes of life. Behind the seemingly trivial details of the
First of all, I simply loved this book for telling a great story without using bad language or gratuitous sex scenes. I knew it could be done! Second, Anne Tyler is a great writer. She's economic in her language, but paints vivid scenes and really makes her characters feel real. Speaking of characters, this book was a fascinating look at how two otherwise good people can really bring out the worst in each other. The POV changed with each chapter, and I LOVED getting to see different sides of the
Marry in haste, repent at leisure, with lots of observations of missed opportunities and the niggles of marriage. Charting the lives of a family with an aspiring mother, and also the changes in post war society. Pauline keeps up, but Michael hankers after simpler times and places. The running away of their teenage daughter affects the family in different ways at different times. Somehow reminiscent of other US fiction set post-war, such as Middlesex and even The Corrections.
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