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As the Chinese and the army of the North sweep south during the Korean War, an old peasant farmer and his wife flee their village across the bleak, bombed-out landscape. They soon come upon a boy in a ditch who is wounded and unconscious. Stirred by possessiveness and caring the woman refuses to leave the boy behind. The man thinks she is crazy to nurse this boy, to risk their lives for some dying stranger. Angry and bewildered, he waits for the boy to die. And when the boy does not die, the old man begins to believe that the boy possesss a magic upon which all their lives depend....


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As the Chinese and the army of the North sweep south during the Korean War, an old peasant farmer and his wife flee their village across the bleak, bombed-out landscape. They soon come upon a boy in a ditch who is wounded and unconscious. Stirred by possessiveness and caring the woman refuses to leave the boy behind. The man thinks she is crazy to nurse this boy, to risk their lives for some dying stranger. Angry and bewildered, he waits for the boy to die. And when the boy does not die, the old man begins to believe that the boy possesss a magic upon which all their lives depend....


From the Paperback edition.]]> 1992 2 1 false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 19 13:29:34 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 19 13:45:55 -0700 2008 more...]]> 70240394 1179072 11504 0449001121 9780449001127 30 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166479791m/11504.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166479791s/11504.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11504.I_Am_the_Clay 3.38 381 SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
As the Chinese and the army of the North sweep south during the Korean War, an old peasant farmer and his wife flee their village across the bleak, bombed-out landscape. They soon come upon a boy in a ditch who is wounded and unconscious. Stirred by possessiveness and caring the woman refuses to leave the boy behind. The man thinks she is crazy to nurse this boy, to risk their lives for some dying stranger. Angry and bewildered, he waits for the boy to die. And when the boy does not die, the old man begins to believe that the boy possesss a magic upon which all their lives depend....


From the Paperback edition.]]> 1992 3 0 false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 07:27:26 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 07:32:19 -0700 2009
(slight spoiler alert)

This was still good though; although a little like reading ...more...]]> 18874633 424514 1071979 067941195X 9780679411956 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1206741311m/1071979.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1206741311s/1071979.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1071979.I_Am_the_Clay 2.89 9 SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
As the Chinese and the army of the North sweep south during the Korean War, an old peasant farmer and his wife flee their village across the bleak, bombed-out landscape. They soon come upon a boy in a ditch who is wounded and unconscious. Stirred by possessiveness and caring the woman refuses to leave the boy behind. The man thinks she is crazy to nurse this boy, to risk their lives for some dying stranger. Angry and bewildered, he waits for the boy to die. And when the boy does not die, the old man begins to believe that the boy possesss a magic upon which all their lives depend....]]> 1992 2 0 false Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 1992 Fri Mar 28 15:10:29 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 28 15:17:13 -0700 2008 I Am the Clay, it stands in my mind as the author's finale. Sadly, it does not rank among my favorites.

This story of an old man and woman, refug...more...]]> 10947126 710201 11504 0449001121 9780449001127 30 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166479791m/11504.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166479791s/11504.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11504.I_Am_the_Clay 3.38 381 SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
As the Chinese and the army of the North sweep south during the Korean War, an old peasant farmer and his wife flee their village across the bleak, bombed-out landscape. They soon come upon a boy in a ditch who is wounded and unconscious. Stirred by possessiveness and caring the woman refuses to leave the boy behind. The man thinks she is crazy to nurse this boy, to risk their lives for some dying stranger. Angry and bewildered, he waits for the boy to die. And when the boy does not die, the old man begins to believe that the boy possesss a magic upon which all their lives depend....


From the Paperback edition.]]> 1992 1 0 false Fri Sep 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Dec 24 02:01:49 -0800 2007 Fri Sep 12 17:41:49 -0700 2008
That's about what it felt like reading this book. Aside from the jarring, staccato writing style, I was unable to forge a connection with the characters, and I abandoned the book part way through. I'm d...more...]]> 49003755 2119901 11504 0449001121 9780449001127 30 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166479791m/11504.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166479791s/11504.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11504.I_Am_the_Clay 3.38 381 SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
As the Chinese and the army of the North sweep south during the Korean War, an old peasant farmer and his wife flee their village across the bleak, bombed-out landscape. They soon come upon a boy in a ditch who is wounded and unconscious. Stirred by possessiveness and caring the woman refuses to leave the boy behind. The man thinks she is crazy to nurse this boy, to risk their lives for some dying stranger. Angry and bewildered, he waits for the boy to die. And when the boy does not die, the old man begins to believe that the boy possesss a magic upon which all their lives depend....


From the Paperback edition.]]> 1992 3 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996 Wed Mar 11 22:40:03 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 11 22:44:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 60703618 2447184 11504 0449001121 9780449001127 30 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166479791m/11504.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166479791s/11504.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11504.I_Am_the_Clay 3.38 381 SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
As the Chinese and the army of the North sweep south during the Korean War, an old peasant farmer and his wife flee their village across the bleak, bombed-out landscape. They soon come upon a boy in a ditch who is wounded and unconscious. Stirred by possessiveness and caring the woman refuses to leave the boy behind. The man thinks she is crazy to nurse this boy, to risk their lives for some dying stranger. Angry and bewildered, he waits for the boy to die. And when the boy does not die, the old man begins to believe that the boy possesss a magic upon which all their lives depend....


From the Paperback edition.]]> 1992 5 0 false Mon Jun 22 17:42:17 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 17:47:32 -0700 2009 71603993 1163335 11504 0449001121 9780449001127 30 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166479791m/11504.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166479791s/11504.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11504.I_Am_the_Clay 3.38 381 SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
As the Chinese and the army of the North sweep south during the Korean War, an old peasant farmer and his wife flee their village across the bleak, bombed-out landscape. They soon come upon a boy in a ditch who is wounded and unconscious. Stirred by possessiveness and caring the woman refuses to leave the boy behind. The man thinks she is crazy to nurse this boy, to risk their lives for some dying stranger. Angry and bewildered, he waits for the boy to die. And when the boy does not die, the old man begins to believe that the boy possesss a magic upon which all their lives depend....


From the Paperback edition.]]> 1992 3 0 false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 16:59:37 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 17:02:38 -0700 2009 40695256 1823055 11504 0449001121 9780449001127 30 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166479791m/11504.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166479791s/11504.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11504.I_Am_the_Clay 3.38 381 SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
As the Chinese and the army of the North sweep south during the Korean War, an old peasant farmer and his wife flee their village across the bleak, bombed-out landscape. They soon come upon a boy in a ditch who is wounded and unconscious. Stirred by possessiveness and caring the woman refuses to leave the boy behind. The man thinks she is crazy to nurse this boy, to risk their lives for some dying stranger. Angry and bewildered, he waits for the boy to die. And when the boy does not die, the old man begins to believe that the boy possesss a magic upon which all their lives depend....


From the Paperback edition.]]> 1992 4 0 false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 1998 Mon Dec 22 13:20:09 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 05 22:41:08 -0800 2009 more...]]> 22582221 621916 11504 0449001121 9780449001127 30 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166479791m/11504.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166479791s/11504.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11504.I_Am_the_Clay 3.38 381 SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
As the Chinese and the army of the North sweep south during the Korean War, an old peasant farmer and his wife flee their village across the bleak, bombed-out landscape. They soon come upon a boy in a ditch who is wounded and unconscious. Stirred by possessiveness and caring the woman refuses to leave the boy behind. The man thinks she is crazy to nurse this boy, to risk their lives for some dying stranger. Angry and bewildered, he waits for the boy to die. And when the boy does not die, the old man begins to believe that the boy possesss a magic upon which all their lives depend....


From the Paperback edition.]]> 1992 2 0 false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 19 17:42:17 -0700 2008 Mon May 19 17:50:14 -0700 2008 more...]]> 32917494 1025204 11504 0449001121 9780449001127 30 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166479791m/11504.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166479791s/11504.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11504.I_Am_the_Clay 3.38 381 SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
As the Chinese and the army of the North sweep south during the Korean War, an old peasant farmer and his wife flee their village across the bleak, bombed-out landscape. They soon come upon a boy in a ditch who is wounded and unconscious. Stirred by possessiveness and caring the woman refuses to leave the boy behind. The man thinks she is crazy to nurse this boy, to risk their lives for some dying stranger. Angry and bewildered, he waits for the boy to die. And when the boy does not die, the old man begins to believe that the boy possesss a magic upon which all their lives depend....


From the Paperback edition.]]> 1992 3 0 false Mon Sep 15 08:36:14 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 10 07:37:08 -0700 2008 more...]]> 61852302 1663441 11504 0449001121 9780449001127 30 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166479791m/11504.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166479791s/11504.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11504.I_Am_the_Clay 3.38 381 SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
As the Chinese and the army of the North sweep south during the Korean War, an old peasant farmer and his wife flee their village across the bleak, bombed-out landscape. They soon come upon a boy in a ditch who is wounded and unconscious. Stirred by possessiveness and caring the woman refuses to leave the boy behind. The man thinks she is crazy to nurse this boy, to risk their lives for some dying stranger. Angry and bewildered, he waits for the boy to die. And when the boy does not die, the old man begins to believe that the boy possesss a magic upon which all their lives depend....


From the Paperback edition.]]> 1992 3 0 false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 21:45:43 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 21:46:53 -0700 2009 64105847 1891224 11504 0449001121 9780449001127 30 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166479791m/11504.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166479791s/11504.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11504.I_Am_the_Clay 3.38 381 SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
As the Chinese and the army of the North sweep south during the Korean War, an old peasant farmer and his wife flee their village across the bleak, bombed-out landscape. They soon come upon a boy in a ditch who is wounded and unconscious. Stirred by possessiveness and caring the woman refuses to leave the boy behind. The man thinks she is crazy to nurse this boy, to risk their lives for some dying stranger. Angry and bewildered, he waits for the boy to die. And when the boy does not die, the old man begins to believe that the boy possesss a magic upon which all their lives depend....


From the Paperback edition.]]> 1992 5 0 false Sun Jul 19 11:46:27 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 11:47:58 -0700 2009 ]]> 46144688 954432 11504 0449001121 9780449001127 30 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166479791m/11504.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166479791s/11504.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11504.I_Am_the_Clay 3.38 381 SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
As the Chinese and the army of the North sweep south during the Korean War, an old peasant farmer and his wife flee their village across the bleak, bombed-out landscape. They soon come upon a boy in a ditch who is wounded and unconscious. Stirred by possessiveness and caring the woman refuses to leave the boy behind. The man thinks she is crazy to nurse this boy, to risk their lives for some dying stranger. Angry and bewildered, he waits for the boy to die. And when the boy does not die, the old man begins to believe that the boy possesss a magic upon which all their lives depend....


From the Paperback edition.]]> 1992 5 0 false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997 Thu Feb 12 09:21:22 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 09:23:25 -0800 2009 70015700 2144821 759502 0449221385 9780449221389 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178121163m/759502.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178121163s/759502.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/759502.I_Am_the_Clay 3.23 30 SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
As the Chinese and the army of the North sweep south during the Korean War, an old peasant farmer and his wife flee their village across the bleak, bombed-out landscape. They soon come upon a boy in a ditch who is wounded and unconscious. Stirred by possessiveness and caring the woman refuses to leave the boy behind. The man thinks she is crazy to nurse this boy, to risk their lives for some dying stranger. Angry and bewildered, he waits for the boy to die. And when the boy does not die, the old man begins to believe that the boy possesss a magic upon which all their lives depend....]]> 1992 0 0 false Fri Sep 04 02:49:28 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 02:51:13 -0700 2009 61264167 2444774 11504 0449001121 9780449001127 30 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166479791m/11504.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166479791s/11504.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11504.I_Am_the_Clay 3.38 381 SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
As the Chinese and the army of the North sweep south during the Korean War, an old peasant farmer and his wife flee their village across the bleak, bombed-out landscape. They soon come upon a boy in a ditch who is wounded and unconscious. Stirred by possessiveness and caring the woman refuses to leave the boy behind. The man thinks she is crazy to nurse this boy, to risk their lives for some dying stranger. Angry and bewildered, he waits for the boy to die. And when the boy does not die, the old man begins to believe that the boy possesss a magic upon which all their lives depend....


From the Paperback edition.]]> 1992 3 0 false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Fri Jun 26 22:41:55 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 22:43:15 -0700 2009 61592096 1582925 11504 0449001121 9780449001127 30 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166479791m/11504.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166479791s/11504.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11504.I_Am_the_Clay 3.38 381 SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
As the Chinese and the army of the North sweep south during the Korean War, an old peasant farmer and his wife flee their village across the bleak, bombed-out landscape. They soon come upon a boy in a ditch who is wounded and unconscious. Stirred by possessiveness and caring the woman refuses to leave the boy behind. The man thinks she is crazy to nurse this boy, to risk their lives for some dying stranger. Angry and bewildered, he waits for the boy to die. And when the boy does not die, the old man begins to believe that the boy possesss a magic upon which all their lives depend....


From the Paperback edition.]]> 1992 5 0 false Mon Jun 29 22:05:10 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 22:05:46 -0700 2009 39069405 629516 11504 0449001121 9780449001127 30 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166479791m/11504.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166479791s/11504.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11504.I_Am_the_Clay 3.38 381 SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
As the Chinese and the army of the North sweep south during the Korean War, an old peasant farmer and his wife flee their village across the bleak, bombed-out landscape. They soon come upon a boy in a ditch who is wounded and unconscious. Stirred by possessiveness and caring the woman refuses to leave the boy behind. The man thinks she is crazy to nurse this boy, to risk their lives for some dying stranger. Angry and bewildered, he waits for the boy to die. And when the boy does not die, the old man begins to believe that the boy possesss a magic upon which all their lives depend....


From the Paperback edition.]]> 1992 0 0 false Mon Dec 01 18:16:45 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 01 18:16:59 -0800 2008 28856894 689695 11504 0449001121 9780449001127 30 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166479791m/11504.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166479791s/11504.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11504.I_Am_the_Clay 3.38 381 SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
As the Chinese and the army of the North sweep south during the Korean War, an old peasant farmer and his wife flee their village across the bleak, bombed-out landscape. They soon come upon a boy in a ditch who is wounded and unconscious. Stirred by possessiveness and caring the woman refuses to leave the boy behind. The man thinks she is crazy to nurse this boy, to risk their lives for some dying stranger. Angry and bewildered, he waits for the boy to die. And when the boy does not die, the old man begins to believe that the boy possesss a magic upon which all their lives depend....


From the Paperback edition.]]> 1992 5 0 false Mon Oct 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 31 05:50:30 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 13 11:29:01 -0700 2008 more...]]> 59003303 931699 759502 0449221385 9780449221389 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178121163m/759502.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178121163s/759502.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/759502.I_Am_the_Clay 3.38 381 SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
As the Chinese and the army of the North sweep south during the Korean War, an old peasant farmer and his wife flee their village across the bleak, bombed-out landscape. They soon come upon a boy in a ditch who is wounded and unconscious. Stirred by possessiveness and caring the woman refuses to leave the boy behind. The man thinks she is crazy to nurse this boy, to risk their lives for some dying stranger. Angry and bewildered, he waits for the boy to die. And when the boy does not die, the old man begins to believe that the boy possesss a magic upon which all their lives depend....]]> 1992 4 0 false Fri Sep 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 10:12:18 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 16:15:30 -0700 2009 The Chosen and My Name is Asher Lev before reading this, and loved them both, but they are very different from I am the Clay. While those two works are both coming-of-age stories about young Jews in America, I am the...more...]]> 46200522 1996847 1071979 067941195X 9780679411956 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1206741311m/1071979.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1206741311s/1071979.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1071979.I_Am_the_Clay 3.38 381 SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
As the Chinese and the army of the North sweep south during the Korean War, an old peasant farmer and his wife flee their village across the bleak, bombed-out landscape. They soon come upon a boy in a ditch who is wounded and unconscious. Stirred by possessiveness and caring the woman refuses to leave the boy behind. The man thinks she is crazy to nurse this boy, to risk their lives for some dying stranger. Angry and bewildered, he waits for the boy to die. And when the boy does not die, the old man begins to believe that the boy possesss a magic upon which all their lives depend....]]> 1992 3 0 false Wed May 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Feb 12 20:06:11 -0800 2009 Sun May 31 08:42:05 -0700 2009 The writing style is distracting at first but later adds to the sense of the star...more...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=11504