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Going To See The Elephant (2008)

by Rodes Fishburne(Favorite Author)

3.31 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

038534239X (ISBN13: 9780385342391)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Delacorte Press

review 1: I wanted to read about a writer who moves to San Francisco so that he can be true to his soul and follow his true calling. Too bad it takes quite a bit of time for him to actually get on that path. It had its funny moments and creative aspects, but I am absolutely confused as to why the author assigned a certain name for some characters. Indeed, having Turkish characters with ‘de Quincy’ as the last name seems very incongruous to me. At the very least some character development could've easily shed light on this situation. In my book it is definitely not a ‘must-read,’ nor is it the most representative of the City by the Bay. Overall, a light, easy read.
review 2: Merry Christmas to me, what a sweet and graceful story this was. So much of it reminded m... moree of the voice of Armistead Maupin (which makes sense since he was serialized in the San Francisco Chronicle), but there was a note of magical realism about the whole thing, too--a magical realism that discarded a lot of technology that a writer might have to deal with in the real San Francisco. After so many apartment fires in the City recently it was hard to get closer to the ending, but I could understand why the residents in the story seemed frightened of losing their “woman.” (Rodes writes San Francisco as a woman; I have always seen it as a refined man with some effeminent qualities, so we sort of see eye to eye.)Good first effort. less

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