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American Decameron
by
Mark Dunn
From the award-winning and highly acclaimed author of Ella Minnow Pea comes Mark Dunn's most ambitious novel to date. American Decameron tells one hundred stories, each taking place in a different year of the 20th century.
A girl in Galveston is born on the eve of a great storm and the dawn of the 20th century. Survivors of the Lusitania are accidentally reunited in the Nor...more
A girl in Galveston is born on the eve of a great storm and the dawn of the 20th century. Survivors of the Lusitania are accidentally reunited in the Nor...more
Hardcover, 746 pages
Published
December 4th 2012
by MP Publishing
(first published January 1st 2012)
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Creatively constipated in New Jersey
Maddie stares at her work monitor -- the third machine she's attempted her "American Decameron" review on, a review that has hit more brick walls than a driving-school vehicle -- with her fingers poised over the keyboard and ready for speedy transcription of all the ways she wants to gush about Mark Dunn's newest gift to the world, a gesture as fruitless as her fervent hopes that staring at a computer screen long enough will magically produce words.
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Creatively constipated in New Jersey
Maddie stares at her work monitor -- the third machine she's attempted her "American Decameron" review on, a review that has hit more brick walls than a driving-school vehicle -- with her fingers poised over the keyboard and ready for speedy transcription of all the ways she wants to gush about Mark Dunn's newest gift to the world, a gesture as fruitless as her fervent hopes that staring at a computer screen long enough will magically produce words.
"Fitti...more
I loved the way stories were told from a different perspective such as Pearl Harbour. This was a fabulous collection of stories through the century all culminating in the last story tying everything together. Really enjoyed it.
I've made this my top Christmas gift book as its something you would go back and read again and again.
Loved the cover!
Fabulous.
I've made this my top Christmas gift book as its something you would go back and read again and again.
Loved the cover!
Fabulous.
Mark Dunn has blown my mind again! Covering an entire century in American history, he brings the reader a unique story and voice for each year. It would be quite possible for a reader to think that this book is an anthology, as Dunn is able to change his narrative style so significantly that every story is distinct and special. This is part of why it was so easy to read a book that is over 700 pages long without getting bored. Finally, while every story is separate, he manages to tie them all to...more
I gave it one star only because I didn't finish reading it. After about the first 10 stories or so I knew it would be a chore for me to get through. I've read a lot of short stories that are much more engaging and better written than the ones I found in this book.
Abandoned -- see comment 11 below for an explanation. I won't officially review this since I didn't finish it.
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Mark Dunn is the author of several books and more than thirty full-length plays, a dozen of which have been published in acting edition.
Mark has received over 200 productions of his work for the stage throughout the world, with translations of his plays into French, Italian, Dutch and Hungarian. His play North Fork (later retitled Cabin Fever: A Texas Tragicomedy when it was picked up for publica...more
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Mark has received over 200 productions of his work for the stage throughout the world, with translations of his plays into French, Italian, Dutch and Hungarian. His play North Fork (later retitled Cabin Fever: A Texas Tragicomedy when it was picked up for publica...more
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