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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
If only all books were this great!,
This review is from: E.L. Doctorow's Ragtime (Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations) (Library Binding)
This book is exceptional. It is one of those books that rivets your mind; makes you realize how ordinary other books are by comparison.Sentence builds on sentence creating fantastic images making this book a joy to the senses. Doctorow brilliantly recreates the Ragtime era using actual events and people from the time and interweaving with three fictional families;one WASP, Tateh and his daughter who are poor jewish migrants, and Coalhouse Walkers entanglement with the WASP family. I normally condemn books written about the past as 'unauthentic' or 'lacking the realism' of the age discribed. 'Ragtime' and Doctorow show me that I was talking out of my hat! This really is superb. Anyone giving this less than 5 stars must be a green with envy writer wishing they could write like E L Doctorow! |
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E.L. Doctorow's Ragtime (Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations) by E. L. Doctorow (Library Binding - Nov. 2001)
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