<![CDATA[The Book of Ebenezer Le Page]]>

false <![CDATA[The Book of Ebenezer Le Page]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178026235m/750407.jpg 750407 9 Ebenezer Le Page, cantankerous, opinionated, and charming, is one of the most compelling literary creations of the late twentieth century. Eighty years old, Ebenezer has lived his whole life on the Channel Island of Guernsey, a stony speck of a place caught between the coasts of England and France yet a world apart from either. Ebenezer himself is fiercely independent, but as he reaches the end of his life he is determined to tell his own story and the stories of those he has known. He writes of family secrets and feuds, unforgettable friendships and friendships betrayed, love glimpsed and lost. The Book of Ebenezer Le Page is a beautifully detailed chronicle of a life, but it is equally an oblique reckoning with the traumas of the twentieth century, as Ebenezer recalls both the men lost to the Great War and the German Occupation of Guernsey during World War II, and looks with despair at the encroachments of commerce and tourism on his beloved island. G. B. Edwards labored in obscurity all his life and completed The Book of Ebenezer Le Page shortly before his death. Published posthumously, the book is a triumph of the storyteller’s art that conjures up the extraordinary voice of a living man. "Imagine a weekend spent in deep conversation with a superb old man, a crusty, intelligent, passionate and individualistic character at the peak of his powers as a raconteur, and you will have a very good ideas of the impact of The Book of Ebenezer Le Page...It amuses, it entertains, it moves us...” –The Washington Post "A true epic, as sexy as it is hilarious, it seems drenched with the harsh tidal beauties of its setting...For every person nearing retirement, every latent writer who hopes to leave his island and find the literary mainland, its author–quiet, self-sufficient, tidy Homeric–remains a patron saint." –Allan Gurganus, O Magazine 1091545 1981 The Book of Ebenezer Le Page total:97|5:63|4:21|3:13|2:0|1:0| 97 438 186 27 5 1 false false Tue Feb 05 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 04 18:26:14 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 04 18:37:14 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Nov 28 18:01:23 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 28 18:25:13 -0800 2009
It's a cumulatively affecting three-part autobiography, a history of a small island community (Guernsey), a look at the global changes of the 20th century, and chapter-by-chapter the ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Nov 06 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Sep 23 17:53:03 -0700 2008 Fri Nov 07 06:18:40 -0800 2008 ]]> 5 0 false false Sun Nov 30 10:27:11 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 30 10:35:32 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Mar 31 09:48:17 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 10:47:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jul 17 18:34:52 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 18:37:12 -0700 2009 5 0 true false Tue Apr 22 07:15:24 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 22 07:28:54 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jun 17 08:50:17 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 08:54:34 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Nov 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Sep 27 20:13:00 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 15 16:44:23 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jun 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 16:30:48 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 16:50:02 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Jul 03 10:26:55 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 10:27:48 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Jul 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 03:41:32 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 13:53:31 -0700 2009
I took a week to read this. Ordinarily I get through fiction books in a day or two. ]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sun Jan 13 14:45:40 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 13 14:59:59 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996 Tue Mar 17 22:45:06 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 22:46:24 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 16 10:28:55 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 16 10:34:38 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jun 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 30 09:02:50 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 13 09:22:18 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Mar 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 14:41:05 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 16:28:32 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Dec 14 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 28 04:45:59 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 14 10:21:24 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Feb 23 09:48:45 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 10:42:12 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 09:48:45 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Sat Feb 16 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Sep 10 21:29:59 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 10 21:29:59 -0700 2008 It is a shame this book is not better known. You should read it.]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=750407