Steplings
Autor Cw Smithen Limba Engleză Hardback – 16 sep 2011
The authentic quality of Smith's prose extends to the Texas setting; readers will recognize their neighbors in the characters that populate Mesquite and Austin. Kate Lehrer observed that Smith also 'draws subtle distinctions among social classes.' Smith invokes tension between Jason's no-frills lifestyle and Lisa's country-club upbringing, and paints a widening gulf between Burl's small-town mannerisms and Lily's cosmopolitan tastes.
Powell called Steplings 'a friendly, hopeful, humorous, and thoughtful book about growing up.' Growing up, however, doesn't belong exclusively to the young, and Steplings is a story that can't be shelved neatly in the young-adult category. Both teen and adult readers will see themselves in this multifaceted narrative of self-discovery.| C.W. Smith's gift for creating three-dimensional characters, abundantly demonstrated in his previous TCU Press titles including Understanding Women and Purple Hearts, lends Steplings an unexpected quality of honesty and sophisticated narrative rarely seen in contemporary young-adult fiction. Mary Powell, author of the TCU Press books Auslander and Galveston Rose, describes Smith's prose as ""rich and sophisticated, yet accessible, and the dialogue is right on."" Steplings doesn't romanticize the misadventures of its protagonists. Though Jason and Emily grapple with universal teen issues - Emily searches for acceptance in her new middle school, while Jason balks when confronted with new adult responsibilities - their troubles feel like uncharted territory when expressed through pitch-perfect narrative voices. ""Watching Jason self-destruct,"" according to Powell, ""is akin to watching someone in a horror film go down into the basement.""
The authentic quality of Smith's prose extends to the Texas setting; readers will recognize their neighbors in the characters that populate Mesquite and Austin. Kate Lehrer observed that Smith also ""draws subtle distinctions among social classes."" Smith invokes tension between Jason's no-frills lifestyle and Lisa's country-club upbringing, and paints a widening gulf between Burl's small-town mannerisms and Lily's cosmopolitan tastes.
Powell called Steplings ""a friendly, hopeful, humorous, and thoughtful book about growing up."" Growing up, however, doesn't belong exclusively to the young, and Steplings is a story that can't be shelved neatly in the young-adult category. Both teen and adult readers will see themselves in this multifaceted narrative of self-discovery.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780875654379
ISBN-10: 0875654371
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 161 x 235 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.56 kg
Editura: Texas Christian University Press
ISBN-10: 0875654371
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 161 x 235 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.56 kg
Editura: Texas Christian University Press
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""Steplings" is a tender and deeply touching story that deftly unwinds the tale of an endearing young man's coming-of-age and first love with such pitch-perfect dialogue and engrossing plot that its characters that leap off of the page and into your heart. Steplings is a novel as timeless as it is unforgettable. Sarah Bird, author of "How Perfect Is That," "The Yokota Officers' Club," and "The Gap Year."
"With "Steplings," Charlie Smith has flawlessly captured the experience of being young, misunderstood, and full of longing. He manages to craft a tale that is at once gorgeously heartbreaking and a page-turning adventure. His ear for dialogue and lyrical prose are irresistible, as are his complex, loveable Jason and Emily--these aren't characters in a novel, they're people I know. Smith has accomplished that rarest of literary feats: to leave the reader on the final page equal parts exhilarated at having finished a gripping work of fiction, and forlorn at not being able to spend more time in the world he crafted." Melissa Kirsch, author of "The Girl's Guide to Absolutely Everything"
"Lordy, "Steplings" is a novel you read with increasing awe and dread, for C.W. Smith, page by page by artful page, is laying bare the illusions by which the American family sustains--and deceives--itself. In the matters of romantic love, marriage, community, school, class, and work, we're in peril, not least from our benighted yearnings for grace and harmony. Mr. Smith has used his great compassion and his enviable gifts as a storyteller without peer to detail what so animated Updike in the Rabbit series of novels: our innocence and our sentimentality for what never was. You won't read a more achingly beautiful book this season." Lee K. Abbott, author of "All Things, All at Once: New & Selected Stories"
""Steplings" touches our hearts with the struggles and failures that are a part of finding our way, whatever our age. With both sensitivity and a strong narrative thrust, the book portrays the tugs between generations, couples, and, most especially those conflicts within ourselves as we come into adulthood, which often takes an entire lifetime. C.W. Smith's deftly written book is compelling on many levels." Kate Lehrer is winner of the Western Heritage Award. Her latest novel is "Confessions of a Bigamist."
"Launched with scenes and exchanges of dialogue that are laugh-out-loud funny, C.W. Smith's "Steplings" maintains the rare wit but sobers up in a hurry. A nineteen-year-old boy, grieving over a first love's broken heart, and his eleven-year-old stepsister, yearning for her prior home and family, take off hitchhiking in the middle of the night and share an adventure that is hair-raising, tender, and wise. Here is an accomplished novelist at the top of his game." Jan Reid, author of "Comanche Sundown" and "The Bullet Meant for Me"
"With "Steplings," Charlie Smith has flawlessly captured the experience of being young, misunderstood, and full of longing. He manages to craft a tale that is at once gorgeously heartbreaking and a page-turning adventure. His ear for dialogue and lyrical prose are irresistible, as are his complex, loveable Jason and Emily--these aren't characters in a novel, they're people I know. Smith has accomplished that rarest of literary feats: to leave the reader on the final page equal parts exhilarated at having finished a gripping work of fiction, and forlorn at not being able to spend more time in the world he crafted." Melissa Kirsch, author of "The Girl's Guide to Absolutely Everything"
"Lordy, "Steplings" is a novel you read with increasing awe and dread, for C.W. Smith, page by page by artful page, is laying bare the illusions by which the American family sustains--and deceives--itself. In the matters of romantic love, marriage, community, school, class, and work, we're in peril, not least from our benighted yearnings for grace and harmony. Mr. Smith has used his great compassion and his enviable gifts as a storyteller without peer to detail what so animated Updike in the Rabbit series of novels: our innocence and our sentimentality for what never was. You won't read a more achingly beautiful book this season." Lee K. Abbott, author of "All Things, All at Once: New & Selected Stories"
""Steplings" touches our hearts with the struggles and failures that are a part of finding our way, whatever our age. With both sensitivity and a strong narrative thrust, the book portrays the tugs between generations, couples, and, most especially those conflicts within ourselves as we come into adulthood, which often takes an entire lifetime. C.W. Smith's deftly written book is compelling on many levels." Kate Lehrer is winner of the Western Heritage Award. Her latest novel is "Confessions of a Bigamist."
"Launched with scenes and exchanges of dialogue that are laugh-out-loud funny, C.W. Smith's "Steplings" maintains the rare wit but sobers up in a hurry. A nineteen-year-old boy, grieving over a first love's broken heart, and his eleven-year-old stepsister, yearning for her prior home and family, take off hitchhiking in the middle of the night and share an adventure that is hair-raising, tender, and wise. Here is an accomplished novelist at the top of his game." Jan Reid, author of "Comanche Sundown" and "The Bullet Meant for Me"