Nebraska A Novel edition by George Whitmore Literature Fiction eBooks
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George Whitmore’s acclaimed and affecting coming-of-age novel about a boy searching for his identity in the wake of a terrible accident
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I have had this book on my shelf for years and never read it. It is a "slim volume", as they say, and doesn't take long to read. However, it took me longer than I thought since I wanted to re-read a lot of passages. Unlike most "coming-of-age" novels, the language is totally believable whether the protagonist of the book is 12, as he is in the beginning, or 25, as he is in the second half of the book. Not one word seems wrong. It is a very moving and thoughtful book. Although I was born in Nebraska, I escaped at an early age. Nonetheless, the atmosphere presented by Whitmore felt totally authentic to me. I have no doubt that he accurately captures small-town Nebraska in the 50's. I loved this book.
Homespun warmth.... touching tale of bygone days in the 1950's, by the middle of the book it turns it ito a disturbingly prickly crappy tale of sexual abuse between a handicapped child and his uncle? Is this entertainment? What happened to intrique, romance, mystery? Authors, don't go ruining a feel good story with such filth. No one recommends others to read books that end so sadly. So why write it?
...but it probably wouldn't get published today; it's too anecdotal, too low-key, too character-driven. The author is interested in themes, not plot. But if you like good writing, and short, brilliant books, this is it. When I put it down, I felt I knew George Whitmore, and everything that mattered to him.
Hard to follow but kept me reading.
The book is about intolerance of all that is different in the small Nebraska towns of the 1950's and '60's. The small mindedness is everywhere, epitomized in the family of the protagonist Craig, who became an amputee in an accident at age 12. His narrator voice is eloquent, both at age 12 and again at 25 when he moves on , escapes, to California, where he learns of the consequences of his own unthinking and automatic childhood participation of such small-mindedness. The book packs so much into a mere 150 pages with superb characterizations, plot surprises, and narrational witness of the social climate of these towns regarding an array of "different" types of people exemplified in his extended family, alcoholic father, gay uncle, handicapped amputee self, set in the typified remaining family of ignorant and barely tolerant women who barely tolerate assisting him following his accident, and lost a future breadwinner with his disability. the twist, turns, and morals of the story are intriguing. Whitmore's writing is exceptional.
Nebraska is a coming of age tale centered for the most part on 12 year old Craig McMufflen. Craig has lost his leg in a car accident
Unable to climb stairs or even go to the bathroom by himself, Craig lives his life out the family living room. From which he can only watch as his family's resentment grows, and his friends move through the rituals of boyhood without him.
Enter Wayne; Craig's charismatic uncle, fresh out of the Navy. Wayne's kindness and consideration endear him to the boy immediately. But as Wayne is gradually sucked back into rural the life he left behind. He and Craig find themselves caught in a web of shame and deceit which threatens to destroy them all.
Full of symbolism and vivid characters, Nebraska is an excellent story, and exceptionally well written. Fair warning though, this is not a happy go lucky tale. If quality literature is what you're after, this one's for you. If your tastes lean more toward lighter side, you should probably look elsewhere.
This 150 page novel by the late George Whitmore is a masterpiece. It is a beautifully written tale told in a thoughtful and gentle voice about small mindedness on various subjects in small town Nebraska life in the 1950's and 1960's. It is amazing how deftly Whitmore packs in so many subjects, so much movement of the story line, and several well-developed characters in so few pages. The story exposes the prejudices of society over-willing to believe the worst in people, an unforgiving culture that does not believe in personal redemption (as experienced by the reformed alcoholic father ) and the tragic extremes that some people endured to try to make a life for themselves by simply being who they were , such as Uncle Wayne. The stoic narrator rejects all these bigotries, and seeks something better and different for himself, despite becoming an amputee at age 12 and in not so subtle ways, enduring the tolerance of his family of women who resented serving him during his recovery and loosing a potential breadwinner due to his disability. Protagonist Craig does seek and move on, and out of Nebraska to California, where at age 25 he learns some of the sad consequences of his past childhood ignorance and operation in that small minded culture. A book that you do not want to put down, and that you wish were longer. We lost a great writer too soon.
Nebraska A Novel edition by George Whitmore Literature Fiction eBooks
This 150 page novel by the late George Whitmore is a masterpiece. It is a beautifully written tale told in a thoughtful and gentle voice about small mindedness on various subjects in small town Nebraska life in the 1950's and 1960's. It is amazing how deftly Whitmore packs in so many subjects, so much movement of the story line, and several well-developed characters in so few pages. The story exposes the prejudices of society over-willing to believe the worst in people, an unforgiving culture that does not believe in personal redemption (as experienced by the reformed alcoholic father ) and the tragic extremes that some people endured to try to make a life for themselves by simply being who they were , such as Uncle Wayne. The stoic narrator rejects all these bigotries, and seeks something better and different for himself, despite becoming an amputee at age 12 and in not so subtle ways, enduring the tolerance of his family of women who resented serving him during his recovery and loosing a potential breadwinner due to his disability. Protagonist Craig does seek and move on, and out of Nebraska to California, where at age 25 he learns some of the sad consequences of his past childhood ignorance and operation in that small minded culture. A book that you do not want to put down, and that you wish were longer. We lost a great writer too soon.Product details
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Nebraska A Novel edition by George Whitmore Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
I have had this book on my shelf for years and never read it. It is a "slim volume", as they say, and doesn't take long to read. However, it took me longer than I thought since I wanted to re-read a lot of passages. Unlike most "coming-of-age" novels, the language is totally believable whether the protagonist of the book is 12, as he is in the beginning, or 25, as he is in the second half of the book. Not one word seems wrong. It is a very moving and thoughtful book. Although I was born in Nebraska, I escaped at an early age. Nonetheless, the atmosphere presented by Whitmore felt totally authentic to me. I have no doubt that he accurately captures small-town Nebraska in the 50's. I loved this book.
Homespun warmth.... touching tale of bygone days in the 1950's, by the middle of the book it turns it ito a disturbingly prickly crappy tale of sexual abuse between a handicapped child and his uncle? Is this entertainment? What happened to intrique, romance, mystery? Authors, don't go ruining a feel good story with such filth. No one recommends others to read books that end so sadly. So why write it?
...but it probably wouldn't get published today; it's too anecdotal, too low-key, too character-driven. The author is interested in themes, not plot. But if you like good writing, and short, brilliant books, this is it. When I put it down, I felt I knew George Whitmore, and everything that mattered to him.
Hard to follow but kept me reading.
The book is about intolerance of all that is different in the small Nebraska towns of the 1950's and '60's. The small mindedness is everywhere, epitomized in the family of the protagonist Craig, who became an amputee in an accident at age 12. His narrator voice is eloquent, both at age 12 and again at 25 when he moves on , escapes, to California, where he learns of the consequences of his own unthinking and automatic childhood participation of such small-mindedness. The book packs so much into a mere 150 pages with superb characterizations, plot surprises, and narrational witness of the social climate of these towns regarding an array of "different" types of people exemplified in his extended family, alcoholic father, gay uncle, handicapped amputee self, set in the typified remaining family of ignorant and barely tolerant women who barely tolerate assisting him following his accident, and lost a future breadwinner with his disability. the twist, turns, and morals of the story are intriguing. Whitmore's writing is exceptional.
Nebraska is a coming of age tale centered for the most part on 12 year old Craig McMufflen. Craig has lost his leg in a car accident
Unable to climb stairs or even go to the bathroom by himself, Craig lives his life out the family living room. From which he can only watch as his family's resentment grows, and his friends move through the rituals of boyhood without him.
Enter Wayne; Craig's charismatic uncle, fresh out of the Navy. Wayne's kindness and consideration endear him to the boy immediately. But as Wayne is gradually sucked back into rural the life he left behind. He and Craig find themselves caught in a web of shame and deceit which threatens to destroy them all.
Full of symbolism and vivid characters, Nebraska is an excellent story, and exceptionally well written. Fair warning though, this is not a happy go lucky tale. If quality literature is what you're after, this one's for you. If your tastes lean more toward lighter side, you should probably look elsewhere.
This 150 page novel by the late George Whitmore is a masterpiece. It is a beautifully written tale told in a thoughtful and gentle voice about small mindedness on various subjects in small town Nebraska life in the 1950's and 1960's. It is amazing how deftly Whitmore packs in so many subjects, so much movement of the story line, and several well-developed characters in so few pages. The story exposes the prejudices of society over-willing to believe the worst in people, an unforgiving culture that does not believe in personal redemption (as experienced by the reformed alcoholic father ) and the tragic extremes that some people endured to try to make a life for themselves by simply being who they were , such as Uncle Wayne. The stoic narrator rejects all these bigotries, and seeks something better and different for himself, despite becoming an amputee at age 12 and in not so subtle ways, enduring the tolerance of his family of women who resented serving him during his recovery and loosing a potential breadwinner due to his disability. Protagonist Craig does seek and move on, and out of Nebraska to California, where at age 25 he learns some of the sad consequences of his past childhood ignorance and operation in that small minded culture. A book that you do not want to put down, and that you wish were longer. We lost a great writer too soon.
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