Summary of this Book... | ||
This is the story of love found, love lost, and love found again, between an Irish actress and her husband, a genius American writer and director. In the beginning of the story, the impossible man-genius Paul Saffron marries Carey Arundel only to part ways later with different people entering and exiting from their lives. At the end, they find each other again as they make a successful movie together. The book is boringly long, and especially the beginning of it is filled with long stretches of exposition. Maybe for a book published in 1951 first, there were readers available, but I wonder if they skipped those long-winding and going-nowhere sections as they read. After the midway, however, the plot and the storytelling picked up, and reading the book became a joy. The characters are exquisitely developed, and the story's settings and historical data are correct and interesting. | ||
This type of Book is good for... | ||
seeing how the writing of fiction was different sixty years ago from what we observe today. | ||
I especially liked... | ||
The variety of characters and the pains the writer took in developing each one. | ||
I didn't like... | ||
the too many long and expository sections | ||
The author of this Book... | ||
James Hilton lived and worked in Hollywood, winning an Oscar for Mrs. Miniver. His other work are: Catherine Herself, 1920 Storm Passage, 1922 The Passionate Year, 1924 Dawn Of Reckoning (Rage In Heaven), 1925 Meadows Of The Moon, 1926 Terry, 1927 The Silver Flame (Three Loves Had Margaret), 1928 Murder at School (U.S. title: Was It Murder?), published under the pen-name Glen Trevor, 1931 And Now Goodbye, 1931 Contango (Ill Wind), 1932 Knight Without Armour (Without Armor), 1933 Lost Horizon, 1933 Goodbye, Mr. Chips, 1934 We Are Not Alone, 1937 To You, Mr Chips, 1938 Random Harvest, 1941 The Story Of Dr. Wassell, 1944 So Well Remembered, 1945 Nothing So Strange, 1947 Twilight Of The Wise, 1949 Morning Journey, 1951 Time And Time Again, 1953 | ||
I recommend this Book because... | ||
It is writing to learn from especially for creating characters, and the story, in the long run, proves to be successful and enjoyable enough. | ||
Further Comments... | ||
I am not sure if the writing style is indicative of the times, in which the story was written, or if its due to a writerly neglect. I read other books by this writer a few decades ago, but I don't remember him leaning this heavily on dull exposition. It might just be that my understanding and taste changed also. | ||
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Created Feb 22, 2011 at 6:57pm •
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