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PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-100142003387

ISBN-139780142003381

eBay Product ID (ePID)2495066

Product Key Features

Book TitleJuly, July

Number of Pages320 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicGeneral, Literary

Publication Year2003

GenreFiction

AuthorTim O'Brien

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight8 Oz

Item Length7.9 in

Item Width5.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"The individual portraits are astonishing for their clarity of character, for their narrative thrills and surprises, for their humor and hard-won wisdom. . . . July, July gives readers plenty of reasons to celebrate." â€” Chicago Sun-Times, "O'Brien's individual stories are crafted with exquisite precision. His writing is taut and unsentimental, and packs an emotional wallop." —San Francisco Chronicle, "A small-scale tour de force by an American original . . . Tim O'Brien is one of the most accomplished members of a generation of writers that includes Don DeLillo and Thomas Pynchon." (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) "The individual portraits are astonishing for their clarity of character, for their narrative thrills and surprises, for their humor and hard-won wisdom. . . . July, Julygives readers plenty of reasons to celebrate." (Chicago Sun-Times) "Taut and compelling." (Los Angeles Times) "Perceptive, affectionate and often very funny." (Boston Herald) "O'Brien's individual stories are crafted with exquisite precision. His writing is taut and unsentimental, and packs an emotional wallop." (San Francisco Chronicle), "A small-scale tour de force by an American original . . . Tim O''Brien is one of the most accomplished members of a generation of writers that includes Don DeLillo and Thomas Pynchon." ù Atlanta Journal-Constitution "The individual portraits are astonishing for their clarity of character, for their narrative thrills and surprises, for their humor and hard-won wisdom. . . . July, July gives readers plenty of reasons to celebrate." ù Chicago Sun-Times "Taut and compelling." ù Los Angeles Times "O''Brien''s individual stories are crafted with exquisite precision. His writing is taut and unsentimental, and packs an emotional wallop." ù San Francisco Chronicle "O''Brien''s individual stories are crafted with exquisite precision. His writing is taut and unsentimental, and packs an emotional wallop." ( San Francisco Chronicle ), "O'Brien's individual stories are crafted with exquisite precision. His writing is taut and unsentimental, and packs an emotional wallop." (San Francisco Chronicle), "The individual portraits are astonishing for their clarity of character, for their narrative thrills and surprises, for their humor and hard-won wisdom. . . . July, Julygives readers plenty of reasons to celebrate." (Chicago Sun-Times), "A small-scale tour de force by an American original . . . Tim O'Brien is one of the most accomplished members of a generation of writers that includes Don DeLillo and Thomas Pynchon." ù Atlanta Journal-Constitution "The individual portraits are astonishing for their clarity of character, for their narrative thrills and surprises, for their humor and hard-won wisdom. . . . July, July gives readers plenty of reasons to celebrate." ù Chicago Sun-Times "Taut and compelling." ù Los Angeles Times "O'Brien's individual stories are crafted with exquisite precision. His writing is taut and unsentimental, and packs an emotional wallop." ù San Francisco Chronicle "O'Brien's individual stories are crafted with exquisite precision. His writing is taut and unsentimental, and packs an emotional wallop." ( San Francisco Chronicle ), "O'Brien's individual stories are crafted with exquisite precision. His writing is taut and unsentimental, and packs an emotional wallop." â€” San Francisco Chronicle, "A small-scale tour de force by an American original . . . Tim O'Brien is one of the most accomplished members of a generation of writers that includes Don DeLillo and Thomas Pynchon." —Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "The individual portraits are astonishing for their clarity of character, for their narrative thrills and surprises, for their humor and hard-won wisdom. . . . July, Julygives readers plenty of reasons to celebrate." —Chicago Sun-Times, "A small-scale tour de force by an American original . . . Tim O'Brien is one of the most accomplished members of a generation of writers that includes Don DeLillo and Thomas Pynchon." â€” Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Grade FromTwelfth Grade

Dewey Decimal813/.54

Grade ToUP

SynopsisAs he did with In the Lake of the Woods, National Book Award winner Tim O'Brien strikes at the emotional nerve center of our lives with this ambitious, compassionate, and terrifically compelling new novel that tells the remarkable story of the generation molded and defined by the 1960s. At the thirtieth anniversary of Minnesota's Darton Hall College class of 1969, ten old friends reassemble for a July weekend of dancing, drinking, flirting, reminiscing, and regretting. The three decades since their graduation have seen marriage and divorce, children and careers, dreams deferred and disappointed-many memories and many ghosts. Together their individual stories create a portrait of a generation launched into adulthood at the moment when their country, too, lost its innocence. Imbued with his signature themes of passion, memory, and yearning, July, July is Tim O'Brien's most fully realized work., As he did with In the Lake of the Woods , National Book Award winner Tim O'Brien strikes at the emotional nerve center of our lives with this ambitious, compassionate, and terrifically compelling new novel that tells the remarkable story of the generation molded and defined by the 1960s. At the thirtieth anniversary of Minnesota's Darton Hall College class of 1969, ten old friends reassemble for a July weekend of dancing, drinking, flirting, reminiscing, and regretting. The three decades since their graduation have seen marriage and divorce, children and careers, dreams deferred and disappointed-many memories and many ghosts. Together their individual stories create a portrait of a generation launched into adulthood at the moment when their country, too, lost its innocence. Imbued with his signature themes of passion, memory, and yearning, July, July is Tim O'Brien's most fully realized work.