The Silent Gondoliers: A Fable by S. Morgenstern [Hardcover]

S. Morgenstern (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 110 pages
• Publisher: Random House Inc (T); 1st edition (November 1983)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0345312791
• ISBN-13: 978-0345312792
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,248,743 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

William Goldman has been writing books and movies for more than forty years. He has won two Academy Awards (for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and All the President's Men), and three Lifetime Achievement Awards in screenwriting.

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9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Why is this out of print?!, January 21, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Silent Gondoliers: A Fable by S. Morgenstern (Hardcover)

This is a great book, and it deserves to be in print! I stumbled across it in a university library (if you've ever searched for light reading in a library geared for research, you'll realize how lucky I was) and it was very good. I think in some ways I liked it better than THE PRINCESS BRIDE. I think that maybe have been because Luigi, the main character, wasn't perfect at all the way Buttercup and Wesley were. (Well, Buttercup was too stupid to be perfect, but otherwise . . .) If you can find a copy of it, read it!

7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is the funniest I've read in awhile!, December 12, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Silent Gondoliers: A Fable by S. Morgenstern (Hardcover)

I rarely laugh outloud at a book, but The Silent Gondeliers had me literally falling out of my chair. A fellow singing friend of mine happened to see me reading The Princess Bride at one of our rehearsals. I mentioned how much I loved that book, and he pulled from his bag, this great book! "Well, if you like William Goldman, you'll love this one!" As an opera singer, I could appreciate much of the humor. It's about a gondelier who cannot sing, and how his mishaps are the reason why today's gondeliers are silent. Wonderful book!

4.0 out of 5 stars This book is almost as sweet as The Princess Bride., April 18, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Silent Gondoliers: A Fable by S. Morgenstern (Hardcover)

I found this book in a used bookstore and couldn't believe my luck. For a second I thought it proved the existence of Morgenstern...but the Goldman style is easy to recognize. This is a great book, but like ALL Goldman titles it is really hard to find. It's worth the effort!!