Nathan's review
Snow Angels: A Novel
by Stewart O'Nan
Nathan's review
Snow Angels: A Novel by Stewart O'Nan
Nathan's review
rating:
a quiet, melancholy novel set in 70s-era butler, pennyslvania. it pings back and forth between the somewhat too-saintly 14-year-old son of newly divorced parents and the encroaching demise of his former babysitter. o'nan generates some level of sympathy for each one of his troubled characters, which helps to make the book a page-turner, even though many of the key events are telegraphed. it also helps that o'nan's language is evocative and his sense of place is keen. it makes perfect sense that david gordon green would want to make a film of this.
