Vintage Vlog: The Man Who Loved Children
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- The 2016 Classics Challenge continues with this chunkster from Apollo Classics. Jonathan Frantzen is a big fan and I am too after a few stumbles along the way. Leave a comment below and you could win my very own copy.
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Wonderful to see this great book being treated with respect by a new generation of readers. The same Apollo imprint has a completely undiscovered literary western by Charles Neider - a precursor of Cormac McCarthy, in a way - called The Authentic Death of Hendry Jones. A strange take on the Billy the Kid legend. Extraordinary thing.
And they're just publishing four more titles this month. I am assured that all of these are much shorter than this one!
Added. I love your honesty.
Agree with your comments about The Man Who Loved Children. A powerful novel about two strong individuals who equally influence their five children. There are times when the raging nearly becomes too much, but the writing style is so griping (sic). To quote Randall Jarrell, " The Man Who Loved Children makes you a part of one family's immediate existence as no other book quite does". Worth a reread. I couldn't part with my copy, a Penguin Modern Classic printed in 1981!
Oh you most certainly mustn't part with your classic copy. Very pleased to hear your thoughts chime with mine George. It's a big, bold book and the way things ramp up as you read made it all worthwhile.
I SO much want that beautiful Apollo copy of the book - but alas, I shall go no more to London, so it'll have to make its way to Boston! I love the book, but my old mass market paperback would simply expire if I tried to read it again. As usual, I loved your comments - you have such a natural knack for talking about books! It must come in handy in your line of work!
Very kind of you to say so Steve. I do enjoy talking about books, even when they're hard to surmise like this one! The Apollo editions are very lovely, and the design for the series is pretty neat. Who can resist a good-looking book?
a book I'm going to look into
ooh count me in!
Sounds like the perfect chunky autumn read to curl up with!
I am currently knee deep in this and absolutely loving it. Henny and Sam are both so interesting and dysfunctional in their own bizarrely unique ways. Thank you for spotlighting it - only half way through and I can feel it's weight as a modern classic.
Ah yes, you're reading this along with Simon aren't you! (he mentioned you today when we met up)
Both Henny and Sam are so horrific in their own special ways!!
I think I heard Simon from SavidgeReads talking about this too. Looks a meaty book and I'll love to be included in the draw!
Really fancy this book for the commute to uni! Seems big enough to get me through a few weeks!
Oh, more than a few weeks!
That cover though.Sounds great surprised I've never heard of this
Ah yes, great cover using painting of Norman Rockwell.
+Vintage Books Props to whoever chose the cover thanks for giving the name of the artist
I love the sound of this!x
What a wonderful review; brutal honesty but positive. Your comparing it to Dickens there captures my interest; I love Dickens! Sometimes it is good to pick up a big book that you have to work way through slowly to properly digest. That's one of the things I love about books; you can always pick up something light that'll have you speeding through the pages in a day or less or you can go for something slower that'll draw you in.Plus, like you said, the longer books give themselves the room to change the pace as well. Ah, I love a big book - more room for you to immerse yourself!
Thanks for such a great comment Simon. You're right, there's always a book to suit your reading mood; short, long, fast, slow - whatever the weather.
Oh no! You called me Simon! My name's Philip. My surname is Simons; I hope that this faux pas on your part increases my chances of being considered for the copy that you are giving away!
Of course, I joke....sort of.
Oh man! It's because I'd just messaged someone called Simon - DOH! Many apologies Philip, it may not do anything to increase your chances but hey, commenting again in the future certainly will.
I AM happy I read It too. But I had to stop in the Middleton, read another onde and restart bcause It is overwhelming.
You've completely sold me on this novel! It sounds like a perfect novel for autumn.
Oh, yes! I fancy the challenge. You make this novel sound well worth the time investment.
Sounds like a good one to see me through autumn/winter. That cover is great - love your thumbnail! Please count me in.
Yeah, I was pretty pleased with that thumbnail although some have described it as terrifying!
The thumbnail to this video has just made me laugh and laugh and laugh and laugh. As you know I am reading this book at the moment, soooooooooooooo slowly. But am still getting through it. I need to get to page 350. Quickly. Hahaha.
I think comedy thumbnails are the way forward. They'll keep us amused whilst you work your way through that beast
I've never heard of this book or author before but this book sounds like a really interesting read so count me in for the draw!
Ooo count me in please....x
I used to have a copy of this book. I have heard good things about it.
Great thumbnail!
Yeah, I was pretty pleased with that.
Do Guard Of Honor.
I know Simon from savidgereads is reading this just now ,I'd love to give it a try ,so count me in x
He certainly is, we were chatting about tit today in fact. He's only on chapter two so some way to go yet!
Ha! Oops, that's a typo that I'm sure SavidgeReads will appreciate
Count me in! This novel sounds so complex and slightly mad! :)
Definitely slightly mad.
Challenge accepted! I am trying to read more classics so i would love to be in the draw for this book. Do Vintage do any Brontes in their range? I am trying to find a copy of Agnes Grey with a reasonable cover but I am not sure what range of classics Vintage offers.
Hi Jo. We created three Brontë specials last year which you can find out more about here: www.penguin.co.uk/articles/on-writing/cover-story/2015/nov/behind-the-bronte-covers/
Agnes Grey wasn't one of them, however if you can hold off until January next year then we are going to issue it as a standard Vintage red-spined classic with a new cover design.
I won! I'm glad you love the username, it is pretty fantastic. Email has been sent with postal info. :)
Why would you do that sum!? The mere thought is distressing me.
Don't do the sum!! It's bad. I mean, even thinking 'I guess I could live this long' leads to thoughts like "Yeah, but I might not...!!'