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Morning, Noon, And Night: Growing Up And Growing Old With Literature (2011)

by Arnold Weinstein(Favorite Author)

3.65 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1400065860 (ISBN13: 9781400065868)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Random House

review 1: This is an interesting book that relates and explores life through books. At first, I thought that Arnold Weinstein would be pedantic and as boring as a textbook. Instead, Weinstein presents an educated and delightful journey into life via literature. I have read about 60% of the works mentioned, and feel compelled to read the other authors. Weinstein's book gives insight into the work of many different writers. I found Weinstein's jumping back and forth into life stages in the flow of the story to be irritating and confusing, at times. A book I plan to reread when I am not as rushed to finish reading.
review 2: I received this copy of Morning, Noon, and Night from the publisher through a Good Reads give-away. My favorite parts are those in which the aut... morehor writes about books with which I'm already familiar -- Tony Morrison's Sula, Alice Walker's The Color Purple, Jonathan Foer's Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Shakespeare's King Lear and Othello. The material with which I was not familiar, was slow-going; these sections seemed more like a textbook. I heard Weinstein speak on public radio while he was visiting St. Louis, and got a taste of why a class using his material would be fascinating. He shows how literature is as much about us as it is about the characters, good literature holding up a mirror so we can see what being human is like as we grow up and as we grow old. If you are already well-read or if you want to be or if you simply want to learn more about yourself, this would be a good choice, whether you read the book in its entirety or dip in and out of it. less

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