Elizabeth's review
The Natural
by Bernard Malamud
Elizabeth's review
The Natural by Bernard Malamud
Elizabeth's review
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Baseball book made famous by Robert Redford. Great read, Malamud is a talented writer. I suppose I should also add that I wrote a huge term paper on this novel comparing it to jousting and book Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. It was a lot of fun to look at the comparisons between baseball and a medieval pastime. Also, both two books aren't really about baseball or jousting...
FROM WIKIPEDIA:
The Natural was adapted into a film starring Robert Redford as Roy Hobbs in 1984. The movie is not considered to be faithful to the book, since important details are changed, particularly the film's upbeat ending, which differs significantly from the novel's ending. While Malamud wrote a dark satire of a fallen hero, the film version took a traditional "Hollywood" approach.
However, the movie, like the book, concerns the experiences of Roy Hobbs, an individual with great "natural" baseball talent. Early in the movie, Roy's father tells him that his success will involv...more
FROM WIKIPEDIA:
The Natural was adapted into a film starring Robert Redford as Roy Hobbs in 1984. The movie is not considered to be faithful to the book, since important details are changed, particularly the film's upbeat ending, which differs significantly from the novel's ending. While Malamud wrote a dark satire of a fallen hero, the film version took a traditional "Hollywood" approach.
However, the movie, like the book, concerns the experiences of Roy Hobbs, an individual with great "natural" baseball talent. Early in the movie, Roy's father tells him that his success will involv...more
