false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170468552m/57529.jpg 57529 18 Set internationally and spanning three decades, Daniel Martin is, in the author's own words, 'intended as a defence and illustration of an unfashionable philosophy, humanism, and also as an exploration of what it is to be English'. It is the richly evoked narrative of a contemporary Englishman's attempt to see himself and his time in the mirrors of his past and present. 969536 1977 Daniel Martin total:254|5:74|4:71|3:76|2:25|1:8| 254 940 357 15 4 1 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 19 08:40:28 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 19 15:45:07 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Nov 02 17:25:57 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 12 13:12:00 -0800 2007 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Feb 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 14:32:15 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 08:59:54 -0800 2009 The Magus and Mantissa. The things that man can do with a Greek island and sunlight are not to be trifled with.

A dozen or so pages in, and I am not yet hooked. Curious, perhaps, piqued by an accent...more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 19:12:48 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 22:51:07 -0700 2009 Daniel Martin--I almost regret not saving it for my last read of his. It was written nearer the middle of his career, but still manages to provide the most wonderful feeling of autobiographical summation, like an epic epil...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 12:38:37 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 12:41:02 -0800 2009
Second: I love John Fowles. He has an ability to make me feel that almost no other writer does. Li...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Sep 14 13:23:52 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 18 17:27:15 -0700 2009 A Maggot and The Collector, I was operating under the conviction that John Fowles was incapable of a book unanchored in extreme oddity. Daniel Martin is fine, but its absolute disinterest in defying expectations was totally unexpected. This book is boring in a way I would have thought ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Sep 19 08:02:40 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 20:41:59 -0700 2009 Daniel Martin does just that, but it takes over 600 pages to develop it -- and 'happy ending' doesn't mean a necessarily 'happy journey.' Fowles set out to show...more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1980 Thu Feb 05 12:57:17 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 12:59:11 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1980 Fri Aug 31 09:22:16 -0700 2007 Mon Jan 05 11:25:25 -0800 2009 Daniel Martin he never bothered to summon the strength to produce another major novel). It is truly a great novel. Fowles' prose, in the first place, is beautiful when he wants it to be, and he...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Apr 07 18:35:16 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 18:35:33 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Feb 02 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jul 27 18:59:08 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 17 14:48:47 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Dec 24 16:27:50 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 24 16:31:23 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Aug 28 17:36:06 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 28 17:39:04 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Thu Jan 17 14:47:45 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 17 14:49:01 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1980 Mon Sep 15 00:14:21 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 15 00:16:45 -0700 2008 Many many times 0 0 false false Thu Nov 19 08:52:07 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 08:52:07 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Tue Nov 17 00:26:27 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 00:26:32 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Nov 10 11:18:04 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 11:18:08 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Fri Nov 06 10:03:52 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 10:03:52 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Fri Nov 06 08:37:52 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 08:37:52 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=57529