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The masterpiece that Publishers Weekly, in a starred review, hailed as 'one of the literary must-reads of the summer' and that the Independent in London likened to 'Paul Auster's The Book of Illusions meeting Jonathan Franzen's The Corrections' is now available in paperback. THE HALF BROTHER is a truly gripping, epic novel, hugely ambitious in scope and utterly compelling, a wonderful mixture of surreal comedy and touching intimacy. In stunning detail and elegant prose, it relates the lives of four generations of a far from ordinary family. It opens on May 8, 1945, when 20-year-old Vera, hoping to celebrate the end of World War II with her mother and grandmother, is brutally raped by an unknown assailant. From that crime is born a boy named Fred, a misfit who later becomes a boxer. Barnum, Vera's other son born several years later, and Fred form a bizarre but special relationship. 'I should have been your father,' Fred tells Barnum, 'instead of the fool who says he is.' Spanning 50 years, filled with a wonderful galaxy of finely etched characters, and structurally brilliant, THE HALF BROTHER has been both a literary sensation and a bestseller wherever it has been published.
Customer Reviews:
"It's not what you see that matters most but rather what you think you see".......2006-03-13
"The Half-Brother", written in 2001, is probably one of the most significant pieces of fiction of the last decade. It spans over 600 pages and the prose flows without interruption. Everything falls into place, although the structure of the novel is rather complicated. It consists of several different stories, lives of various people, interwoven and intercrossed, very dramatic. It is not a simple novel and requires concentrated attention, but it is worth it.
The story is told by Barnum, emerging screenplay writer, who fights between his desire for success and scorn for hypocrisy in the Hollywood world. Barnum tells his family saga, starting with the war, the day when his half-brother, Fred, was conceived in the attic of the house in Norway where his mother, Vera, Vera's mother, Boletta, and Vera's grandmother, known as The Old One, lived. How the women deal with it, is a whole separate story. The childhood of Barnum's father, Arnold Nilsen, and the events leading to him and Vera meeting, are another story, and Barnum's life - another. Almost too much for one book... But all these themes are perfectly connected.
There are three women in the family - men remain somehow elusive, some of them disappearing forever, some mourned, some not, some (Fred's father) not really appearing, and some, like Arnold (strong-willed and imposing a lot onto the family life, making his definite mark - like Barnum's name; his words which are probably his motto, I wrote as the title to this review) or Fred (equally strong, however disruptive personality), have always a hint of mystery about them. All the characters, however common they appear, are absolutely original and their lives and personalities are far from ordinary. There are lots of little anecdotes, which could be developed into whole chapters... Barnum's psychological complexity is revealed in most detail, we follow him from his earliest childhood (the dancing lessons...) through teenage years, until the film festival, which is the present moment in the novel. Barnum's screenplay "The Fattening" is included as a separate chapter, and it is a powerful insight into his mind.
This book is timeless and universal. Although it is set in Norway and starts with the war, which is important for the understanding of the protagonists (Vera's friend from Jewish family disappears forever), and a lot of other events mark the timeline or are alluded to (The Beatles' concert in Hamburg, or the explorers' trip to Greenland, for example), I believe it will not age and will be a delight to read years from now.
A slow starter, but..........2006-01-18
... my gosh, is it ever worth it. For me this book started as a multiple-starter, I think I read the first few pages about 7 times, with many books inbetween.
Please - persist with it. Whether it's the translation of a book from a different era than your own, a different language or a different society, you WILL be drawn into this novel with it's strange characters, and you will grow to love them even as you fail to understand them.
This book is an epic, make no doubt about it. Give it a go - it will stay with you for many years.
Grateful to have been raised as an only child.......2005-01-17
Not having read any Norwegian literature since "Sophie's World," I was expecting something foreign and ethereal, a sort of psychological drama that would take place in one of those 480-square-foot Ikea showrooms. However, there is no escaping America, which makes its appearance in the form of Lauren Bacall in the first pages of Christiensen's novel and then reappears frequently, as a Buick Roadmaster in its most sinister incarnation. I hear they have high rates of alcoholism and suicide in Norway. After reading The Half Brother, I believe it; the cruelties of everyday life in Oslo that the author seems to take for granted are rather hard to take, particularly when meted out to young children. Other reviewers have called this novel "compulsively readable" and so it is, in the same way that foods that are not necessarily good for us and not all that good tasting can sometimes become "compulsively edible." Readers who keep going until they have polished off the whole platter of lutfisk will be glad they did. Despite the novel's large scope, Christensen ties it all up by the end and gives meaning to everything that has gone on before, except perhaps for a near-miss with the Fab Four that seems somewhat contrived in a very Hollywood way.
"How little does it take to save a person?".......2004-04-30
One of the biggest, most ambitiously conceived, and richly imagined novels ever, The Half-Brother has already won the Nordic Council Literature Prize, and it has been nominated for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. A haunting story of four generations of a strange Norwegian family, each member of which is "different" in some respect, this is as complete a family saga as you will find. Every character is fully delineated, and all his/her relationships and relevant past history are brought to life here, filtered through the mind of Barnum Nilsen, the son of a circus worker and grifter. Barnum's unusual but ultimately close relationship with his brother Fred, the product of his mother's rape by a soldier, is at the heart of the novel, with Fred being huge, active, and very physical while Barnum is unusually small, more passive, and cerebral. Two halves of the same coin, neither brother is very successful alone.
Four generations of the family live together, and some "absent" characters, who have affected the lives of family members, "live on" through objects that they have left behind with the family. Barnum and Fred often seek a connection to the past by reading the last letter their great-grandfather sent from Greenland before he vanished. Vera's best friend Rakel leaves Vera with a treasured ring, just before she is taken during the Nazi occupation of Norway. Barnum buys a ring for his first girlfriend, and it has meaning for him even when he is middle-aged. "We do not disappear without a trace," Barnum learns. "We leave a wake that never quite disappears, a gash in time."
As this immense story unfolds, the reader finds the action harking backward, forward, and in upon itself, with silence, disappearances, and deaths pervading the action. Vera and Fred both go silent for months as a result of trauma. The great-grandfather and Vera's father never appear, and Arnold Nilsen, Barnum's father, disappears periodically after his marriage to Vera, as does Fred, the half-brother. Permanent disappearance, i.e., death, occurs to the Old One and a host of other characters, and accidents involving still other characters cast a pall over much of the novel, highlighting the "aloneness" of each person, and the quixotic nature of fate. Still, there is much humor here as the characters keep soldiering on.
This is a huge book, but the pages fly by, despite the fact that the author does not insert much paragraphing. Whole pages continue without any breaks at all, and dialogue is simply imbedded within paragraphs. With hundreds of well-drawn, memorable scenes, dozens of carefully presented characters whose entire lives and history you know completely, surprises buried within seemingly ordinary tales, and the creation of a complete and unique universe, this is a novel which will richly reward the reader who is not intimidated by its size. Mary Whipple
A Nobel Prize caliber work.......2003-08-18
On the surface, The Half Brother is a story, at times bizarre, of an unusual boy growing up in an unconventional family. The story deals with Barnum Nilson (named after P.T. Barnum, pioneer of commercialized deception) and his older half-brother Fred (conceived on May 8, 1945; his name is the Norwegian word for peace). The two boys are raised by three generations of single mothers in a time and place less tolerant of unorthodox belief or lifestyle. The book opens with Fred's conception after his mother's brutal rape by a fleeing German soldier at the end of the Nazi occupation of Norway and follows a series of fortunate and unfortunate events to Barnum's adulthood as a film writer.
The Half Brother deals primarily with Barnum (and Fred's) quest for inner peace, illustrating their path through adversity to make their half-selves whole. Christensen's achievement in this respect is remarkable in itself, but it is his masterful interweaving of manifold leitmotifs with Wagnerian skill and sophistication that make The Half Brother Nobel Prize caliber. Without sacrificing plot or subtlety, Christensen brings the reader to a rich ocean of symbolism and allegory just beneath the surface of the main storyline. While dealing with deep ontological and epistemological questions, he maintains an accessible and uncomplicated style throughout, at once accessible and profound. Finally, The Half Brother is, as one reviewer has called it, "unputdownable."
Book Description
Claire's older brother, Daniel, has disappeared. He leaves work one Friday afternoon, shortly before Christmas, and vanishes into thin air. Married, successful, rich, there seems no reason why he would abandon his life. Has he been killed? Has he been kidnapped? Or has he just had enough?
Set between London and Miami, this is the story of a family with ghosts to bury. It opens on the day of the Challenger shuttle explosion at Cape Canaveral: a tragic moment that rips this family apart and sets Daniel's disappearance in motion some 18 years later. In the midst of it all sits Claire—divorced, irresponsible, fluent in six foreign languages yet hopeless at interpreting life. It is Claire who knows Daniel best. It is Claire who becomes convinced that she knows where her older brother is and sets off on a journey to find him.
Customer Reviews:
typos, typoes, typo's.......2007-04-02
I saw this book in Barnes & Noble and it looked like it could be good, so I read it. It's an ok story, not that great but I've read worse. What really annoyed me were the misspellings which abounded, not to mention a few misued apostrophes. For example: Majitos (mojitos), tikkii hut (tiki hut), chilly (chili) and the plural of "it" spelled "it's". Oh, and Salma Hayek is referred to as "Selma Hayek".
If I could have gotten past all the grammatical errors I probably would have given it 4 stars.
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Ender's Game Boxed Set: Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow, Shadow of the Hegemon
Orson Scott Card
Manufacturer: Tor Books
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ASIN: 0765344955
Release Date: 2002-08-29 |
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Boxed Set contains Mass Market Editions of Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow, and Shadow of the Hegemon
Ender's Game
Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards
In order to develop a secure defense against a hostile alien race's next attack, government agencies breed child geniuses and train them as soldiers. A brilliant young boy, Andrew "Ender" Wiggin lives with his kind but distant parents, his sadistic brother Peter, and the person he loves more than anyone else, his sister Valentine. Peter and Valentine were candidates for the soldier-training program but didn't make the cut—young Ender is the Wiggin drafted to the orbiting Battle School for rigorous military training.
Ender's skills make him a leader in school and respected in the Battle Room, where children play at mock battles in zero gravity. Yet growing up in an artificial community of young soldiers Ender suffers greatly from isolation, rivalry from his peers, pressure from the adult teachers, and an unsettling fear of the alien invaders. His psychological battles include loneliness, fear that he is becoming like the cruel brother he remembers, and fanning the flames of devotion to his beloved sister.
Is Ender the general Earth needs? But Ender is not the only result of the genetic experiments. The war with the Buggers has been raging for a hundred years, and the quest for the perfect general has been underway for almost as long. Ender's two older siblings are every bit as unusual as he is, but in very different ways. Between the three of them lie the abilities to remake a world. If, that is, the world survives.
Ender's Shadow
Orson Scott Card brings us back to the very beginning of his brilliant Ender Quartet, with a novel that allows us to reenter that world anew.
With all the power of his original creation, Card has created a parallel volume to Ender's Game, a book that expands and compliments the first, enhancing its power, illuminating its events and its powerful conclusion.
The human race is at War with the "Buggers", an insect-like alien race. The first battles went badly, and now as Earth prepares to defend itself against the imminent threat of total destruction at the hands of an inscrutable alien enemy, all focus is on the development and training of military geniuses who can fight such a war, and win.
The long distances of interstellar space have given hope to the defenders of Earth--they have time to train these future commanders up from childhood, forging then into an irresisible force in the high orbital facility called the Battle School.
Andrew "Ender" Wiggin was not the only child in the Battle School; he was just the best of the best. In this new book, card tells the story of another of those precocious generals, the one they called Bean--the one who became Ender's right hand, part of his team, in the final battle against the Buggers.
Bean's past was a battle just to survive. He first appeared on the streets of Rotterdam, a tiny child with a mind leagues beyond anyone else's. He knew he could not survive through strength; he used his tactical genius to gain acceptance into a children's gang, and then to help make that gang a template for success for all the others. He civilized them, and lived to grow older.
Bean's desperate struggle to live, and his success, brought him to the attention of the Battle School's recruiters, those people scouring the planet for leaders, tacticians, and generals to save Earth from the threat of alien invasion. Bean was sent into orbit, to the Battle School. And there he met Ender....
Shadow of the Hegemon
The War is over, won by Ender Wiggin and his team of brilliant child-warriors. The enemy is destroyed, the human race is saved. Ender himself refuses to return to the planet, but his crew has gone home to their families, scattered across the globe. The battle school is no more.
But with the external threat gone, the Earth has become a battlefield once more. The children of the Battle School are more than heros; they are potential weapons that can bring power to the countries that control them. One by one, all of Ender's Dragon Army are kidnapped. Only Bean escapes; and he turns for help to Ender's brother Peter.
Peter Wiggin, Ender's older brother, has already been manipulating the politics of Earth from behind the scenes. With Bean's help, he will eventually rule the world.
Customer Reviews:
repeat reader.......2007-08-10
Finding this book listed on my granddaughter's summer reading list, I was reminded of the pleasure it brought many years ago, so have now read it again and was entertained as much as I had hoped. The pace is sustained throughout "Ender's Game" and the ending is extremely pleasing, with lose ends tied up nicely. "Ender's Shadow" is surprisingly enjoyable at the same level of suspense despite a similar setting, while "Shadow of the Hegemon" was enjoyable, but not quite of the same quality as the first two books. The author has made a quite plausible and imaginative story, incorporating the idea of using problems that confront us to help build character, while being sensitive to the loneliness of the leadership role.
THE best series of books EVER written!.......2007-04-22
I have read this series countless times because it has everything I look for in a story. I have read in excess of 6000 scifi novels over 30 years of life and have NEVER found a story I would call the equal of Ender's Game. I did not like the Speaker for the Dead or Children of the Mind but; Ender's Shadow, Shadow of the Hedgmon, Shadow Puppets, and Shadow of the Giant are all excellent. The king however is Ender's Game. Simply a MUST HAVE for any serious scifi reader. (Not to be confused with Fantasy readers which are a separate group! Why they mix that junk with real fiction I'll never understand.)Ender's Game Boxed Set: Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow, Shadow of the HegemonEnder's Game (Ender, Book 1)
Sci-fi classic.......2007-04-11
To me, Ender's Saga is a must-read for every sci-fi fan. The first and second books (Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow) are great since they are parallel stories in an incredible environment. Although the third book doesn't go too far into fiction, i like how the author shaped the world and the fact that genius children are running the show. The writing style is simple and the books are very easy to read. It didn't feel like a children's book, but I believe they could also read it. I think it's a shame I didn't find out about those books earlier.
I believe everyone should at least read Ender's Game, the first book. And anyway, you'll be so hooked after that so why not buy the Saga?
A higher level for writing and si-fi.......2007-02-16
Orson Scott Card became one of my favourite qriters becauso of these books. A couple of months ago, I read Ender's Game, and foud it to be an involving well-developed sci-fi book, specially for the psycological depth given to the characters. Quick-paced and enticing, I couldn't stop reading until I was so sleepy at night tahat I HAD to (and, even so, I wasn't so eager to do it!).
Ender's Shadow i mainly the same script, but from the view of Bean, and is certainly as good as Ender's Shadow (both of them, combined, becomes an even more interesting novel). The differing points of view and the alucidation of several unknown events really add to the main story.
Shadow of the Hegemon keeps the quick development and the psycological aspects I was so found of, but addresses a few different questions - not only Earth-based war stategies, but also (and mostly) politics, and religion. Not that the other books didn't address them - they did it alright -, but here they're the main theme, I'd say.
Awesome books. I can't wait to acquire the other Shadow books and then the original Ender series books. I'm a fan now! Try it, and yo won't be dissapointed!
One of the best series ever!!!!.......2007-02-03
I love this series if you like a good story this is the one . Follow the lives of thes childern see them save the world. These books are great for all ages I bought this set for two of my brothers and there wifes. All have enjoyed them emensly.
Book Description
Deadly awakening
When robotics expert Megan O'Flannery is offered the chance to direct MindSim's cutting-edge program to develop a self-aware android, it's the opportunity of a lifetime. But the project is trouble plagued--the third prototype "killed" itself, and the RS-4 is unstable. Megan will descend into MindSim's underground research lab in the Nevada desert, where she will be the sole human in contact with the RS-4, dubbed Aris. Programmed as part of a top-secret defense project, the awakening Aris quickly proves to be deviously resourceful and basically uncontrollable. When Megan enlists the help of Raj Sundaram, the quirky, internationally renowned robotics genius, the android develops a jealous hostility toward Raj--and a fixation on Megan. But soon she comes to realize that Raj may be an even greater danger--and that her life may depend on the choice she makes between the man she wants to trust and the android she created.
Customer Reviews:
So many questions so few answers.......2006-04-09
Very few books have affected me the way this one did. I read it in bits in pieces, because I simply didn't want it to end. Every layer of every character had to be savored and thought about as we, the readers and they, the characters, try to answer what it means to be human? Do we have the right to create a new species - robot? What will that mean to us? To them? Will they have the same morals? Ethics? Needs?
Put a wonderful love story into that, with two brilliant if slightly dented people.
As usual, Asaro uses the convetions of both science fiction and romance to build something more, something deeper than the sum of both parts
The story revolves around and is told from the POV of Megan O'Flannery, a sweet, lonely robotics engineer who is hired to work on an Android. Along for the ride is the brilliant, sexy and seriously eccentric Raj. Then the Android goes off the deep end and all havoc ensues.
Pros:
1. Rich language
2. Layered characters
3. Deep questions
4. Wonderful love story
5. Ander - he is wonderfully developed. We never experience that clunky writing that sometimes appears when an adult writer is trying to remember being a child.
Cons:
1. Too damned short!
Pitfalls of AI.......2006-02-11
Here comes a good SciFi read which will take you on a journey that is filled with all kinds of ride.
Ander is an advanced android who looks and acts and behaves exactly like a human being.If you see Ander along with a human being you cant tell the android apart from the human being.Now this particular android can also fix itself. So far so good. But always there is a "ghost in the machine". There is a self evolving code within Ander's positronic brain which can put humanity to danger. What if an android can think and have similar emotions to ours? Two scientists are in charge of this Robot. They fall into a web of games and deciets.Thats the fun part of the story.
Catherine Asaro has explored pitfalls of AI to some good extent in the story.She also uses Asimov's three robotic laws to make her plot interesting.Overall if you are looking for good quick sci-fi read then I will recommend you this.Things are bit repetitive in the story.But the plot is good.
cliche.......2002-03-04
I have read a few of Asaro's books. Based on my previous reads, I do not really know why I picked this book.
I only read to page 13. Maybe I am not being fair. But with lines like "the stranger had dark eyes and tousled black curls" I understood that this book was not my cup of tea.
Also, most scientists at a conference do not and would not wear casual clothes. They would wear business suits or something formal.
A bit heavy handed but interesting.......2001-07-02
I found "The Phoenix Code" to be a bit repetitive and heavy handed throughout most of the middle of the book, but the beginning was skillful enough to capture my interest, and the ending was exciting, well done and sufficiently rewarding that I can recommend this book.
The characterization was very well done, with Megan, Ander and Raj quite fleshed out (an android pun?) and believable. The plot was not very complex, but I found it intriguing and worthwhile.
All in all, not an important read, but a good one.
Yet Another Boring SF Version of the Frankenstein Myth.......2001-06-06
This is yet another boring SF version of the Frankenstein's monster myth. Nothing interesting is added. The only plot "twist" is predictable and obvious. The happily ever after ending is not credible. The technology is superficial and illogical.
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Rand McNally Streetfinder: Phoenix, Az
Rand McNally and Company
Manufacturer: Rand McNally & Company
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Binding: Paperback
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Book of Street Maps of Phoenix and Maricopa County
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SIMPLE SOLUTIONS FOR COMPLEX MODERN HEALTH PROBLEMS
Thousands of years ago, God spoke to us through the Bible with timeless advice on a better life. Today, science has come to the independent conclusion that the Biblical lifestyle was far healthier than our modern lifestyle. Today, millions of good Christians suffer unnecessarily with poor health and die prematurely. Why? Because we are not following the basic principles of health that are taught in the Bible. "My people are destroyed from lack of knowledge (Hosea 4:6) Yet, God wants us to live a long, happy, healthy, and productive life. "I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full." John10:10
In this landmark book, an internationally respected Christian nutritionist extracts from the Bible:
-superfoods with extraordinary healing properties
-the need for detoxification and how to do it
-value of herbs in healing
-importance of proper breath and water intake
-exercises to tone the body
-techniques for spiritual strenghtening and stress reduction.
Also included are the A, B, Cs of healing; a concise guide to using vitamins, minerals, herbs, and other nutrition supplements for specific ailments; a directory of foods and their healing properties; and much more.
Since our body is a "temple of the Holy Spirit" (1Corinthians 6:19), to claim our Divine inheritance of good health, we must follow the elegantly simple yet scientifically endorsed prescriptions in the Bible. God's food is more nourishing than man's food and God's healing is more effective than man's healing.
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Free from Secrets: Healing Meditations of an Abuse Survivor
Ann M. Randall
Manufacturer: Ambassador House
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ASIN: 0965236102 |
Customer Reviews:
Excellent Health Guide.......2001-06-04
Easy to understand and even easier to apply to everyday life.
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