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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Unpretentious art; these stories depict actual humans.,
By rock@sfsu.edu (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Circumnavigation (Hardcover)
The stories in this correction are marked by excellent writing that is perfectly aligned with the stories' content: tough, matter-of-fact, and bleak, yet also surprising, tender, and hopeful. I would disagree heartily with Kirkus' characterization of the stories as "nihilistic," for what is most engaging, and what sets this book apart, is the tenderness with which such lost souls are rendered, and the hope that they have in something better as they struggle pathetically, even humorously, onward. The world around Fresno is a terrifying place, and not one often depicted. Read this book and you will laugh out loud, be fully entertained, and bear witness to actual people trying to become human.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Real life in the San Joaquin Valley,
By A Customer
This review is from: Circumnavigation (Hardcover)
Steve Lattimore's stories of life in the SJV read like a modern Merle Haggard tune. All the foggy fecundity of the Valley intertwined with the lives of Lattimore's characters. A thoughtful and well written collection. Lattimore could make some King-Hell movies.
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Circumnavigation by Steve Lattimore (Paperback - October 15, 1998)
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