
Elsewhere
A memoir
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Richard Russo
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Richard Russo
After eight commanding works of fiction, the Pulitzer Prize winner now turns to memoir in a hilarious, moving, and always surprising account of his life, his parents, and the upstate New York town they all struggled variously to escape.
Anyone familiar with Richard Russo's acclaimed novels will recognize Gloversville, once famous for producing that eponymous product and anything else made of leather. This is where the author grew up, the only son of an aspirant mother and a charming, feckless father who were born into this close-knit community. But by the time of his childhood in the 1950s, prosperity was inexorably being replaced by poverty and illness (often tannery-related), with everyone barely scraping by under a very low horizon.
A world elsewhere was the dream his mother instilled in Rick, and strived for herself, and their subsequent adventures and tribulations in achieving that goal - beautifully recounted here - were to prove lifelong, as would Gloversville's fearsome grasp on them both. Fraught with the timeless dynamic of going home again, encompassing hopes and fears and the relentless tides of familial and individual complications, this story is arresting, comic, heartbreaking, and truly beautiful: an immediate classic.
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Illuminating and compassionate memoir
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Would you listen to Elsewhere again? Why?
I probably would not listen again because I tend not to re-listen. But I would definitely reread some of the passages. The preface is a lyrical tribute to a town and the craftsman that were dependent on a dying industry. The author also has beautifully captured what it is like to have a difficult parent.What other book might you compare Elsewhere to and why?
Philip Roth's Patrimony or Mary Karr's memoirs. These are all memoirs of living with a difficult parent--yet in the way that all sad families are different, the stories are very different. All of these authors write very well.Any additional comments?
I have not liked Russo's fiction but will now try again. I found his fiction contrived but this memoir demonstrates that truth is stranger than fiction and the human heart contains multitudes. Russo's loving tribute to his difficult mother is a rare & beautiful book.Affecting memoir
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Reads like a novel
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Elsewhere---but not far enough
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For anyone who took responsibility for a parent...
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Interesting in many ways
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This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?
Hardcore Russo fans.Has Elsewhere turned you off from other books in this genre?
NoHow did the narrator detract from the book?
I started finding him cranky and tiresome.You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?
The first several chapters are terrific. There just isn't enough of a story to last to the end.Got bored
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