false 12533 8 14826 1 6 2007 The Maytrees: A Novel total:1534|5:298|4:489|3:453|2:208|1:86| 1534 5307 2413 510 12533 0061239534 9780061239533 1478 477 3.46 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12533.The_Maytrees_A_Novel 4 15 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 18 14:09:00 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 05:49:24 -0800 2009
To the Editor:

Certainly Annie Dillard’s new novel, The Maytrees, deserved a more perceptive — indeed, a more proficient — reader than Ms. Reed (July 29). One wonders if...more...]]> 12533 0061239534 9780061239533 1478 477 3.46 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12533.The_Maytrees_A_Novel 1 5 false Sun Feb 10 14:25:32 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 02 13:38:52 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 10 13:34:03 -0800 2008 more...]]> 12533 0061239534 9780061239533 1478 477 3.46 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12533.The_Maytrees_A_Novel 5 4 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 15 05:56:42 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 23 19:14:27 -0800 2008 The Living) listed in the bibliography included in the front matter of each book I read. Last year I decided to satisfy that curiosity when I dis...more...]]> 12533 0061239534 9780061239533 1478 477 3.46 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12533.The_Maytrees_A_Novel 5 5 false Thu Sep 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 28 12:41:30 -0700 2007 Mon Jan 05 00:38:10 -0800 2009 more...]]> 12533 0061239534 9780061239533 1478 477 3.46 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12533.The_Maytrees_A_Novel 3 4 false Sun Apr 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 13 08:20:05 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 13 08:22:46 -0700 2008 An American Childhood or Pilgrim at Ti...more...]]> 12533 0061239534 9780061239533 1478 477 3.46 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12533.The_Maytrees_A_Novel 4 4 false Sun Feb 10 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 10 05:57:02 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 10 18:18:32 -0800 2008 more...]]> 12533 0061239534 9780061239533 1478 477 3.46 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12533.The_Maytrees_A_Novel 3 3 false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 21 16:01:20 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 21 16:06:40 -0700 2007 more...]]> 12533 0061239534 9780061239533 1478 477 3.46 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12533.The_Maytrees_A_Novel 3 4 false Mon Mar 31 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 04 09:39:29 -0800 2007 Mon Mar 31 15:57:51 -0700 2008 more...]]> 12533 0061239534 9780061239533 1478 477 3.46 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12533.The_Maytrees_A_Novel 5 2 false Sun Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 09 18:53:45 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 06:15:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 12533 0061239534 9780061239533 1478 477 3.46 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12533.The_Maytrees_A_Novel 2 2 false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 06 08:40:45 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 03:57:30 -0800 2009 more...]]> 12533 0061239534 9780061239533 1478 477 3.46 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12533.The_Maytrees_A_Novel 4 2 false Tue Aug 12 15:26:54 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 12 15:31:17 -0700 2008 more...]]> 12533 0061239534 9780061239533 1478 477 3.46 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12533.The_Maytrees_A_Novel 3 1 false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 07 13:25:20 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 07 14:08:02 -0700 2008 more...]]> 12533 0061239534 9780061239533 1478 477 3.46 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12533.The_Maytrees_A_Novel 2 1 false Thu Mar 06 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 07 15:47:33 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 10 20:10:27 -0700 2008
What I enjoyed was Dillard's ability to put a unique feel to common experiences. For instance, when ...more...]]> 12533 0061239534 9780061239533 1478 477 3.46 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12533.The_Maytrees_A_Novel 4 1 false Mon May 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 09 20:12:45 -0700 2007 Mon May 05 10:46:53 -0700 2008
The...more...]]> 12533 0061239534 9780061239533 1478 477 3.46 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12533.The_Maytrees_A_Novel 3 1 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 02 20:36:42 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 02 21:08:21 -0700 2007 more...]]> 12533 0061239534 9780061239533 1478 477 3.46 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12533.The_Maytrees_A_Novel 5 1 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 09 17:10:29 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 09 19:34:38 -0700 2007
The author's use of language takes your breath away. She i...more...]]> 12533 0061239534 9780061239533 1478 477 3.46 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12533.The_Maytrees_A_Novel 3 1 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 18 02:48:03 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 05:46:05 -0800 2009

from James Davidson (read his full review at amazon.com. It's terrific.)

Annie does have a way with words. And maybe it's just me, but for some of the words--words like: halyard, pauciloquoys, culch, mesoglea, spicule...more...]]> 12533 0061239534 9780061239533 1478 477 3.46 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12533.The_Maytrees_A_Novel 5 1 false Sun Aug 05 08:42:07 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 03:49:02 -0800 2009
It's an introspective and consuming look into life, love and death.

It seems to me that we learn about the characte...more...]]> 12533 0061239534 9780061239533 1478 477 3.46 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12533.The_Maytrees_A_Novel 2 1 false Wed Apr 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Dec 23 07:43:07 -0800 2007 Mon Apr 07 06:12:01 -0700 2008 more...]]> 12533 0061239534 9780061239533 1478 477 3.46 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12533.The_Maytrees_A_Novel 4 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Mar 17 20:00:33 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 20:04:35 -0700 2009 Pilgrim at Tinker's Creek. Her body of work is primarily non-fiction, so I grabbed this quickly to see how she would handle fiction.

On one level I was disappointed -- the characters are so eccentric and quirky, and the narrative so sparse...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=12533