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Lake Wobegon Days by: Garrison Keillor List Price: $15.00 CD-Charts Price: $10.20 You Save: $4.80 (32%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9780140131611 ISBN: 0140131612 Label: Penguin (Non-Classics) Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics) Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 352 Publication Date: April 01, 1990 Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) Studio: Penguin (Non-Classics) Sales Rank: 50581 Related Items:
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Editorial Review: Product Description: A collection of humorous stories which focus on the fictional American Midwestern town of Lake Wobegon. From the author of WOBEGON BOY, LEAVING HOME and WE ARE STILL MARRIED. Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - OK - Maybe Better If You Had Keillor Read It to YouI had heard about this book for years, but didn't know what all the fuss was about until I started listening to Keillor's radio show recently. His Lake Wobegone stuff is funny, even though I am no fan of his or NPR's usual politics. I did like the book, but I was surprised that it was not funnier. Although I did laugh out loud a few times, much of it seemed "serious". Perhaps, it would be funnier if Keillor read it to you, then you could hear the changes in his voice that might make it seem ironic and hence funnier. Just reading it to myself, he sometimes seemed anything but funny. I think he should have toned down the long footnote on the "95 Theses 95" in any case, as it was very negative and hard to take as humorous ... Read More: Rating:  - I've read this book three times....and I find it amazing and amusing every time.The citizenry of the fictional little town of Lake Wobegon and Keillor's brilliantly devised history of the town captivate me with every reading and I always "hear" the narrative in his calm, soothing voice, which to me makes it that much more enjoyable. Garrison Keillor is a storyteller par excellence and an American treasure. Rating: - A Little Town on the Edge of the PrarieMany people who express frustration with Keillor's writing complain that it simply doesn't "do" anything for them. For me it doesn't have to. In an age when rampant cynicism is en vogue, it is refreshing to be thoroughly amused by something other than hypocrisy or idiocy-- Keillor's prose exposes intertwining threads of small-town life and how they reflect on the human experience. Anyone that is familiar with Keillor from his radio appearances will be satisfied to learn that his writing reads like he speaks. Its rather hard not to imagine Keillor mumbling each sentence in his low-pitched, calming voice as you read along. Keillor captures the human imagination so well by juxtaposing the complex (and simple) thoughts ... Read More: Rating: - The lost art of storytelling is still alive and wellI love oral history. Keillor's stories are like the one's we sometimes have the good fortune to hear while having a cup of coffee with a neighbor while the winter wind whistles outside and the cat is playing with a ball of yarn. Some are so funny that tears come to your eyes. Some are so tender and touching that tears come to your eyes. Keep your hanky handy. Rating: - Hilarious!I laughed out loud constantly while reading this book. I think you have to know where the author is coming from in order to fully appreciate Lake Wobegon Days. My parents grew up in a small midwestern town, and I spent the early years of my life there too. Again and again, this book reminded me of stories my dad told me and things I remember from my own childhood. This book would be especially enjoyable for anyone who understands or appreciates small-town life. |
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