Specimen Days : A Novel
by Michael Cunningham | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0374299625 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0374299625 Global Overview for this book
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Michael Cunningham's first novel since The Hours resembles a three-movement concerto. Each of the story/movements features the same group of characters (a little boy; an older man; and a young woman) and each tale is permeated by the spirit presence of poet Walt Whitman. Borrowing its title from the Good Gray Poet's classic prose collection, Specimen Days touches down in New York during three eras: the Industrial Revolution, the Roaring '20s, and the 22nd century. Filtered through various styles and genres, the stories nevertheless retain a haunting continuity. Like The Hours, they ensnare us in ways that we cannot explain.
FROM OUR EDITORS
Michael Cunningham's first novel since The Hours resembles a three-movement concerto. Each of the story/movements features the same group of characters (a little boy; an older man; and a young woman) and each tale is permeated by the spirit presence of poet Walt Whitman. Borrowing its title from the Good Gray Poet's classic prose collection, Specimen Days touches down in New York during three eras: the Industrial Revolution, the Roaring '20s, and the 22nd century. Filtered through various styles and genres, the stories nevertheless retain a haunting continuity. Like The Hours, they ensnare us in ways that we cannot explain.
I had every intention of reading this, but though I have picked it up several times, it has not gotten completed.
So today, when I was running out to the Farmers MArket, I grabbed the first registered book I could find to release there, and this was it.
So today, when I was running out to the Farmers MArket, I grabbed the first registered book I could find to release there, and this was it.
Journal Entry 3 by 
bookczuk
at Marion Square in Charleston, South Carolina USA on Saturday, July 1, 2006
bookczuk at Marion Square in Charleston, South Carolina USA on Saturday, July 1, 2006
Released 17 yrs ago (7/1/2006 UTC) at Marion Square in Charleston, South Carolina USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
RELEASE NOTES:
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To the finder of this book:
Hello and congratulations! You have not only found yourself a good book, but a whole community of booklovers dedicated to sharing books with each other and the world at large. I hope you'll stick around a bit and get to know bookcrossing --maybe even make a journal entry on this book. You may choose to remain anonymous or to join (its free!) And if you do choose to join, I hope you'll consider using me, bookczuk, as your referring member. Feel free to read and keep this book, or to pass it on to a friend or even set it out "in the wild" for someone else to find like you did. If you do choose to join and journal, then you can watch the book as it travels- You'll be alerted by email each time someone makes another journal entry. It's all confidential (you're known only by your screen name and no one is ever given your e-mail address), free, and spam-free. Happy reading!
Found in Marion Square at the Charleston Farmer's Market. Don't know if I will have time to read so I might "re-release". Great idea! How Fun!
CAUGHT IN CHARLESTON SC USA
CAUGHT IN CHARLESTON SC USA
