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Lädt ... The Dog of the Worldvon S. E. Karsnick
Keine Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch.  Diese Rezension wurde für LibraryThing Member Giveaways geschrieben. This book was a little hard to follow like other reviewers have said. I think that when I read this I might have been to young to be reading this book. If I have read it later on when I am older I think the book would have made more sence to me. (  ) Conner23456 | Oct 11, 2010 |  Diese Rezension wurde für LibraryThing Member Giveaways geschrieben. thank you to the author for an uplifting take on depression. i enjoyed this book very much. ailleth | Jun 30, 2010 | Diese Rezension wurde für LibraryThing Member Giveaways geschrieben. It took a bit longer than usual to finish this book due to both the nature of the subject matter and the writing style. The insights were clear and the voices rang true, but the stream of consciousness style caused the voices to seem like they were on speed—voices of reason but going way too fast. There were times when I became confused as to whose thoughts I was reading, and times when I felt it didn’t really matter. The message was one I felt from engaging with the book rather than reading and thinking about it after the fact. Karsnick was successful in that I felt I got inside of the characters and experienced their grappling with such an insidious condition known as depression. (  ) kathyceo | Apr 22, 2010 | Diese Rezension wurde für LibraryThing Member Giveaways geschrieben. It has taken me a while to post this review because I have been trying to think of the most positive way to give my opinion…This book has sections of what I would call brilliance. Karsnick is very good at making you feel that you are really hearing the thoughts of the two main characters. I loved that. The author also discusses philosophies in wonderful ways. Unfortunately, these moments of brilliance for me get lost in frequent pretentious one liners that do not enhance our understanding of what the writer is working to get across. Between that and the E.E. Coming’s break outs, I found myself rolling my eyes saying ‘ya, ya, we’re glad you are smart and well read but I want to concentrate on the novel’. Pretention gives way to what to me seemed to be purposeless diatribes about nothing. One here or there to give that poetic Beatnik feel would have been to my taste but instead it is laden with ‘LSD trippin’ that I read through to get to something more meaningful. For me this book could have become one of my favorite to recommend and discuss with others. Perhaps if it had an editor that helped the author to enhance what is stunning and unique, while toning down the distractions. bronnum | Apr 18, 2010 |  ) ruthzee | Mar 25, 2010 |
 'Filled with sorrowfulness, nuances and pathos as well as tranquility, elation and anticipation; The Dog of The World carries the reader along on a tentative journey teetering on the brink of disconcert. The writer assures us that this is a work of fiction, however, for many for whom depression is a near overpowering force; the work may seem as a page from their own perceptive. Karsnick captures the hopes and worry and fears, successes and failures of those who suffer from depression in a manner sure to keep the reader turning the page to learn what Esther, Jason and life itself will bring to fore next. Not always an easy read, The Dog of The World will cause the reader to have flashes of retrospective moments, the ah ha insight as they see behaviors, their own or that of others they have known suddenly become clearer and a greater appreciation for what the life of those who do face depression daily, meet it head on, and sometimes win the battle must endure.' "Depression has been defined as an illness by some, but could such an epidemic cause more damage than any other widespread illness? The Dog of the World; takes a look at world wide spread of depression as many people throughout the globe choose their demise through suicide, losing their will to carry on. Esther is left to consider why so many would choose such an act and slowly begins to learn to understand it. The Dog of the World is a unique concept, masterfully executed.” Rating: Five stars to Amazon --Midwest Book Review 12/2008.
'The Dog of the World' is a unique concept, masterfully executed. Midwest Book Review, December 2008; five stars to Amazon It was in the year of the dog when suicide topped cancer as the nationwide leading casualty. It came from the back of the pack, it was a dark horse in a season of stars, and it looked like it might be a photo-finish and finish it did many of the lives left floating in the wake of big endings. Economic endings, lifestyle endings, environmental endings and perhaps the thing was catching, and it was this magnet of multiple endings that was responsible for pulling people and old world institutions into their own endgame. This is a book. This is a book and this is the time to read about: Esther contemplating her navel and the navy blue of the Ever Deep and Jason yodeling to Hackensack and back from a dark pit of depression to come face to face with the love looking for him. As their stories intertwine . . . their tales wag the dog and turn self created endings into beginning yet again and . . . Each page of this stunning new work brings a fresh discovery of ordinary words in extraordinary play as we pay attention, as we work to understand the cause of widespread contemporary depression. This word revolution, this sparkling, loving solution cleans a space in the soul long enough to peek at something true, to poke a sleeping body from sleep walking to waking up. Finally, an uplifting book about depression. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
LibraryThing-AutorS. E. Karsnick ist ein LibraryThing-Autor, ein Autor, der seine persönliche Bibliothek in LibraryThing auflistet. Aktuelle DiskussionenKeineBeliebte Umschlagbilder 
 Google Books — Lädt ...GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.6Literature English (North America) American fiction 21st CenturyKlassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt: (3.61)
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