Peter Melman
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born
October 14, 1971
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male
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Literature & Fiction, History
about this author
Peter Charles Melman was born in New York and raised in Louisiana, where he earned his Ph.D. in English-Creative Writing from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. His debut novel, Landsman, has garnered him a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers, BookSense Highlight, and 2007 American Library Association Notable Book of the Year selection. He lives in Brooklyn, NY, with his wife, Elena, and son, Charlie.
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| 2 distinct works
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Landsman (Hardcover) by Peter Melman (Goodreads author!) avg rating 4.00 — 76 ratings — published 2007 5 editions |
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Uniquely New Hampshire (Heinemann State Studies) by Peter Melman (Goodreads author!) avg rating 4.50 — 3 ratings — published 2004 2 editions |
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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Paperback) by Jean-Dominique Bauby |
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Charity Girl (Hardcover) by Michael Lowenthal |
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"A lovely, if tragic, account of a little known misogyny in American history. Beautifully crafted, delicately considered.
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The Border of Truth (Hardcover) by Victoria Redel (Goodreads author!) |
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"Beautifully written, admirably researched, well beyond the pale of the Holocaust novel. Highly recommended.
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The Hummingbird's Daughter (Paperback) by Luis Alberto Urrea |
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"Though comparisons to Marquez are inevitably, this novel is less concerned with narrative structure, and thus perhaps less self-conscious; as such, it feels all the more soulful.
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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Paperback) by Patrick Süskind |
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"A totally synaesthetic experience; a peculiar, magically realist exploration of brutality-in-the-name-of-beauty.
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Independent People (Paperback) by Halldór Kiljan Laxness |
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Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West (Paperback) by Cormac McCarthy |
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quotes by Peter Melman
"Do you know about Thor's Hammer? (Points to Bicep) Well, that's it right here."
— Peter Melman
— Peter Melman
tags:
humor
7 people liked it
Good to see you, Pete. I thoroughly enjoyed LANDSMAN and submitted a review of it to the historical issue (which is coming out in 2 installments) of Mystery Readers Journal--hope it will be printed in the second volume. Anyway, the editor of MRJ told me she is very interested in reading your book.
Best wishes,
Rosemary
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