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One of Ours - anybody else reading it.

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1guppyfp
Feb 13, 2009, 12:17pm

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2guppyfp
Feb 13, 2009, 12:21pm

Oops - I hit "enter" too soon on the above message. I have started One of Ours - just starting to get engrossed in it - and am wondering if anyone else is reading it.

3auntmarge64
Edited: Feb 13, 2009, 10:06pm

Just finished it. A beautiful story. The first in many years (since, in fact, The Color Purple) which seemed to me to have a perfect story arc.

4guppyfp
Feb 27, 2009, 12:16am

I finally finished it. It left me thinking. As I was reading through it, I sometimes felt that Cather was romanticizing the nobility of war and the American soldiers (this in spite of her blandly describing little girls shot through the head!) - but the final pages make it clear that it is not the author, but the protaganist who romanticizes it, because it is his ticket to freedom.

5socialpages
Feb 27, 2009, 1:42am

Sounds like an excellent read. I wasn't aware of that title but I'm going to search my local library for it.

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