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The Man Who Grew Young
by
Daniel Quinn
Adam Taylor lives what seems to him an ordinary life in an ordinary world, where the sun just happens to rise in the west and set in the east, and people begin their lives when they're taken from their graves and end them when they're united with their mothers. But unlike everyone else, Adam has trouble accepting this process. He doesn't seem to have a mother and hence can...more
Hardcover
Published
by Context Books
(first published 2001)
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An interesting premise, but in the end I've heard the argument before and disagree with it. For a completely closed-system, naturalist point of view, I can think of few as respectable and respecting as Quinn's, but in the end it's not enough. The "mother" in the end (in other words, the end of his quest) is wholly unsatisfactory and, in my opinion, such a viewpoint explains nothing about human need, yearning and quest, let alone other experiences we humans face through our lives.
The backward storyline got me disoriented for a bit when I had to take a break. Part of the story kind of tied in with Werner Herzog's latest documentary, "Cave of Forgotten Dreams" that I saw a couple of weeks before reading this. Of course it was a different take than what the scientists are saying about the cave drawings. I liked this graphic novel but the ending really could've been better.
I was able to purchase one of the first printing of this with Quinn's signature. I love his work.
i saw the ending of this book early on, still a nice hour's read
The predecessor to Benjamin Button, and better!
I bought the signed copy.
Hard cover comic book.
Hard cover comic book.
Best graphic novel
Dec 15, 2012
Elizabeth Rival
marked it as to-read
L.Reese
I really like the concept of this and the execution. I kind of wish the ending had gone a different route.
kind of a children's book, with slightly cheesy art, but it's still Daniel Quinn.
The story is definitely interesting, but it's the illustrations that really make this book fantastic. Go, Tim!!!
May 18, 2013
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Daniel Quinn (born 1935 in Omaha, Nebraska) is a U.S. writer.
He studied at St. Louis University, the University of Vienna, and Loyola University of Chicago, receiving a bachelor's degree in English, cum laude, in 1957.
He is best known for his book Ishmael (1992), which won the Turner Tomorrow Fellowship Award in 1991.
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He studied at St. Louis University, the University of Vienna, and Loyola University of Chicago, receiving a bachelor's degree in English, cum laude, in 1957.
He is best known for his book Ishmael (1992), which won the Turner Tomorrow Fellowship Award in 1991.
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Aug 06, 2012 04:34am