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Gone Tomorrow (2008)

by P.F. Kluge(Favorite Author)

3.47 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

159020090X (ISBN13: 9781590200902)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Overlook Hardcover

review 1: I am finding a few books to recommend to new faculty here at my small liberal arts college about the culture of small liberal arts colleges, as PhD's come from large research institutions. This book fills the bill. Written by an English prof at Kenyon College in Ohio, the story is about and English prof writing about an English prof. It's kind of an academic mystery, with good character development and the recognition factor for people who have spent a lot of time with college professors. Thumbs up.
review 2: Sometimes I wonder about that advice, "write what you know." It has left us with too many books where the protagonist is an English major/teacher/professor. So. If you want what is probably a very realistic look at the life and motivations of an English pr... moreofessor at a small midwest liberal arts college, this is the book for you. Yes, the frame thing was clever. (but all the stuff in between was just autobiographical--ahem--stuff.) Yes, I got to know the professor a bit. (But pretty much just the dimension that the author wanted to tell about himself--oops, I meant The Professor.) Last night--literally--I dreamed of Papa Riley. Not that this guy was even in his range in any way, but all that old guy college stuff went to my little subconscious, I guess. Thinking about memories. Thinking about turning around and 30 years of your life has been given to this job--not without many, many joys, but still, where did your life go? Is this trade off worth it??What exactly is the trade off? Is it just an illusion, after all? Or is there, after all, no trade off. The master work is completed, and the work of being a master teacher is completed. Both happened. Yay. There was no trade off! Michelob Light! Who says you can't have it all?? And just a little bit weird that he complained a lot about student writing problems and then failed to have his own manuscript edited (apparently!). less

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