God's Gym [Paperback]

John Edgar Wideman (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: 2005; 1st Edition/1st Printing edition (2005)
• ASIN: B0018PK3UI
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

More About the Author

JOHN EDGAR WIDEMAN is the author of more than twenty works of fiction and nonfiction, including the award-winning Brothers and Keepers, Philadelphia Fire, and most recently the story collection God's Gym. He is the recipient of two PEN/ Faulkner Awards and has been nominated for the National Book Award. He teaches at Brown University.

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2 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars This writing hits you like walking into Steel Blast Furnace, July 26, 2005

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rodboomboom (Dearborn, Michigan United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: God's Gym: Stories (Hardcover)

I was particularly attracted to the title, and the first of this collection of stories concerning his mom being a weightlifter, that is carrying huge burdens for children, their faith, well-being, etc. This was the best for me out of this, which progressively wore on this reviewer.

The style is grating after a bit, but does raise one's sensitivities a great deal with the staccato scene shifts, in and out of someone's reality, etc.

One can only pause at times and breathe deeply, as this writer certainly has a way with getting across emotions which most of us think continually, yet never broadcast nor write down all of them as this does.

Some left me in a daze, e.g. where did the jumpshot come from.