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Winesburg, Ohio
Sherwood Anderson
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Winesburg, Ohio presents a series of loosely related character studies of the inhabitants of a fictional Midwestern town that together form a novel of unusual unity and vision. The inarticulate and lonely citizens of Winesburg, each with his or her own secret tale to tell, frequently relate those tales to, or through their interactions with, the character of George Willard, a young Winesburg citizen on the cusp of manhood with dreams of becoming a writer. Thus Winesburg tells the story of the townspeople’s loneliness and alienation in parallel with the tale of George’s own coming of age. The citizens of Winesburg are described obliquely as “grotesques,” but as the introductory chapter makes clear, “The grotesques were not all horrible. Some were amusing, some almost beautiful . . .”
Winesburg, Ohio presents a series of loosely related character studies of the inhabitants of a fictional Midwestern town that together form a novel of unusual unity and vision. The inarticulate and lonely citizens of Winesburg, each with his or her own secret tale to tell, frequently relate those tales to, or through their interactions with, the character of George Willard, a young Winesburg citizen on the cusp of manhood with dreams of becoming a writer. Thus Winesburg tells the story of the townspeople’s loneliness and alienation in parallel with the tale of George’s own coming of age. The citizens of Winesburg are described obliquely as “grotesques,” but as the introductory chapter makes clear, “The grotesques were not all horrible. Some were amusing, some almost beautiful . . .”
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Doctor Parcival began to plead with George Willard. "You must pay attention to me," he urged. "If something happens perhaps you will be able to write the book that I may never get written. The idea is very simple, so simple that if you are not careful you will forget it. It is this—that everyone in the world is Christ and they are all crucified. That's what I want to say. Don't you forget that. Whatever happens, don't you dare let yourself forget."
NOBODY KNOWSLooking cautiously about, George Willard arose from his desk in the office of the Winesburg Eagle and went hurriedly out at the back door. The night was warm and cloudy and although it was not yet eight o'clock, the alleyway back of the Eagle office was pitch dark. A team of horses tied to a post somewhere in the darkn. . . Read More
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Winesburg, Ohio, is certainly the geographical ancestor of David Lynch’s Twin Peaks, Washington, and Lumberton, North Carolina (Blue Velvet) -- not so much for its omens of severed ears and one-armed men, but for its wealth of turbulent emotion (e.g., rage, despair, lust, contempt... all the good on
zut, alors! i don't even know where to begin. i had such a complicated reaction to this book. am i the only person who didn't find this depressing?? this book is life - it is tender and gentle and melancholy and real. not everything works out according to plan here, but what ever does? that's not ne
Holy Moley! Virginia Woolf finds the very caverns leading to hell; Sherwood Anderson makes miscellaneous dips into the very depths of actual fire... & the residents of Winesburg all live there. They are the ghosts of the living. Anecdotes in Winesburg (devoid of time or protagonist) are juicy with i
‘Only the few know the sweetness of the twisted apples.’
When you stop and listen, life is a brilliant cacophony of love and pain, where we are all struggling to shed the shackles of loneliness and stand full and actualized in a society that never bothers to truly look into our hearts. Sherwood Ander
Open hearts - closed doors: read this book along with Spoon River Anthology (Edgar Lee Masters) and Our Town: A Play in Three Acts (Thornton Wilder) to get the zeitgeist of dawning industrialization as it carves canyons of alienation through small towns. A 'proto' examination of the gentrification w
A beautiful, melancholy song to small-town loneliness and despair--to the fragile bonds that tie neighbors together and the vivid lives and heartfelt personal dramas that pulse beneath the surface of ordinary affairs. This was once a book I carried with me everywhere, a book I tried (and failed) to