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The Education of Arnold Hitler
by
Marc Estrin
Marc Estrin's second novel is the story of a young man who stumbles through the second half of the 20th century bearing a most unfortunate name. At once a chess master, a linguist, an athlete and an innocent in love, Arnold passes through the racial tensions of Mansfield, Texas (home of the author of Black Like Me) in the 1950's, the anti-war movement at Harvard, and both ...more
Paperback, 336 pages
Published
April 1st 2005
by Unbridled Books
(first published 2005)
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One of my very favorites. Estrin has a talent for the manipulation of history and archetype into something wholly new- Arnold is the classically earnest golden boy (with a bit of depth beyond his football technique and blonde good looks), and the vision and scope of his life is an incredibly pleasurable experience (albeit one that'll probably evoke a slight twinge of envy for those of us who aren't at Harvard in the '60s).
Words and names are powerful. frequently i don't think about the assumptions made based on only a person's name. this was a stark reminder of the impact of perceptions and long term life changes made as a result.
Try going through life with a name like this! Arnold does it and relives periods of my own life. His prolonged encounter with Leonard Benstein is remarkable.
This was kind of like the counterculture Forrest Gump. Which is only part of the reason it was so terrible.
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Marc Estrin is an author, cellist, and political activist living in Burlington, Vermont. He has published four novels, and a memoir of his thirty-five years of working with the Bread & Puppet Theater."
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