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| Original Title: | Flesh and Blood |
| ISBN: | 0684874318 (ISBN13: 9780684874319) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's Fiction (1996) |
Michael Cunningham
Paperback | Pages: 465 pages Rating: 4.02 | 5049 Users | 375 Reviews
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| Title | : | Flesh and Blood |
| Author | : | Michael Cunningham |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 465 pages |
| Published | : | May 22nd 1996 by Touchstone (first published 1995) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. LGBT. Contemporary. Gay. Literary Fiction. Literature. American |
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In Flesh and Blood, Michael Cunningham takes us on a masterful journey through four generations of the Stassos family as he examines the dynamics of a family struggling to "come of age" in the 20th century.In 1950, Constantine Stassos, a Greek immigrant laborer, marries Mary Cuccio, an Italian-American girl, and together they produce three children: Susan, an ambitious beauty, Billy, a brilliant homosexual, and Zoe, a wild child. Over the years, a web of tangled longings, love, inadequacies and unfulfilled dreams unfolds as Mary and Constantine's marriage fails and Susan, Billy, and Zoe leave to make families of their own. Zoe raises a child with the help of a transvestite, Billy makes a life with another man, and Susan raises a son conceived in secret, each extending the meaning of family and love. With the power of a Greek tragedy, the story builds to a heartbreaking crescendo, allowing a glimpse into contemporary life which will echo in one's heart for years to come.
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Ratings: 4.02 From 5049 Users | 375 ReviewsAppraise Appertaining To Books Flesh and Blood
Flesh and Blood is the multi-generational story of an American family. The story is not a detailed chronological sequence of everything that happened in the lives of the family. Rather, Cunningham narrates key snapshots from the familys lives- from 1935 to 2035. Cunningham also jumps from character to character; starting from a scene from the family patriarchs childhood in Greece, to scenes from the patriarchs childrens and grandchildrens lives.I found the novel easy to read and quitei have no words, and so many, for this book. like his magnum opus The Hours, this is a novel that tugs at my soul and makes me feel present and really there, and experience the elegiac and the fierce chaos of life. if it has joys, which is possible, you will find it in the shadows cast by a flower pot on the windowsill or by taking a book in a park in a warm summer day of March, something as iridescent as that. Cunningham exposes his characters' deepest inclinations and their bottomless pain and
This is the fourth of Michael Cunningham's novels that I have read. It is probably the most traditional--following three generations of a family steadily through time. In fact each section is labeled with the year. It is an exploration of an American family in the second half of the 20th century--the move to the suburbs, the 2.6 kids, the generational disconnect, divorce, forming of non-traditional families.I have rated the book four stars but it may be graduated to five. I really like the story
This spectacular gem from the 90s is by author Michael Cunningham who wrote the award winning The Hours. It was made into a highly acclaimed movie w Meryl Streep and Julianne Moore. Flesh and Blood is another winning achievement by this gifted writer. As I read this book, I experienced some of the most memorable prose Ive ever witnessed. All this and a story about a dysfunctional family? Lol. Its a win win situation. The characters are so real, I believe Cunningham is not only a writer but a
Flesh and Blood is another masterful work by Michael Cunningham, an incredibly gifted writer. Last year I read A Home at the End of the World, the authors first novel. I absolutely loved it. Though I have not read his Pulitzer Prize winning The Hours, I have seen the movie based on the book several times; it is one of my all-time favorite films. This book written between the two others just mentioned is nothing short of superb.The novel told from the third person POV chronicles three generations
Everything that is trite and heavy-handed in novels is present here: there's an aging patriarch, kleptomania, lots of long descriptions of the way twilight moves across a neighborhood, self-mutilation, child abuse, questions of immigrant identity, questions of gender identity, questions of sexual identity, a whiff of incest, death, AIDS, drug abuse, New York, the suburbs, tract housing, class conflict, shifting American demographics, paeans to urban space, roiling hatreds in families, love,
Another superbly accomplished novel by Cunningham. Wish I could add more stars. His writing always makes me think of Richard Pryors comment about Muhammad Ali. ("He fights so good it makes your dick hard.")
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