Ragtime

Published in 1975, Ragtime changed our very concept of what a novel could be An extraordinary tapestry, Ragtime captures the spirit of America in the era between the turn of the century the First World War The story opens in 1906 in New Rochelle, NY, at the home of an affluent American family One lazy Sunday afternoon, the famous escape artist Harry Houdini swerves his car into a telephone pole outside their house Almost magically, the line between fantasy historical fact, between real imaginary characters, disappears Henry Ford, Emma Goldman, J.P Morgan, Evelyn Nesbit, Sigmund Freud Emiliano Zapata slip in out of the tale, crossing paths with Doctorow s imagined family other fictional characters, including an immigrant peddler a ragtime musician from Harlem whose insistence on a point of justice drives him to revolutionary violence. Best Download Ragtime [ by ] E.L. Doctorow [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr A ragin feeling I had during the first half of Ragtime was oh my gawd, this may possibly become my favorite novel all year Yeah That overwhelmingly delicious feeling last year achieved during my Where d You Go Bernadette The Godfather double whammy was reproduced, until it, almost organically, chose to focus on one specific era in U.S history Ragtime is just so majestically beautiful, taking on the whole of America between 1903 and 1915, aka the dawning of the 20th century, display A ragin feeling I had during the first half of Ragtime was oh my gawd, this may possibly become my favorite novel all year Yeah That overwhelmingly delicious feeling last year achieved during my Where d You Go Bernadette The Godfather double whammy was reproduced, until it, almost organically, chose to focus on one specific era in U.S history Ragtime is just so majestically beautiful, taking on the whole of America between 1903 and 1915, aka the dawning of the 20th century, displaying an intrepid attitude that blazes, that accelerates.It is incredible an accessible, long meditation, like a portrait described with broad, lush strokes accessible unlike Saramago or Garcia Marquez It s funny, it s very clever with its use of scales, for everything in literature is worth a mention from a simple shadow on the floor to the features of the general populace of the gre...Today I was thinking of the 101 reasons why I love books, the actual physical papery pagey spiney things with words all over them, and one of the reasons was that they re not machines Everything i seem to have to do these days is with some kind of machine At work, of course, chained to the pc actually it s a laptop on a docking station with two screens, I wonder when they ll add me a third, and although I m emailing and talking to people all day long sexy voiced nurses from France and Argen Today I was thinking of the 101 reasons why I love books, the actual physical papery pagey spiney things with words all over them, and one of the reasons was that they re not machines Everything i seem to have to do these days is with some kind of machi...No One Ever Drove This Fast BeforeThe most startling thing about Ragtime is the pace of the narrative It never slackens, even to allow direct speech It moves relentlessly from place to place, person to person, with non stop description, assertion, connection, reversal There are crowds and traffic and excitement wherever you look If there is temporary equilibrium, it is fragile a tour boat listing fir... 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43335 Ragtime, E.L Doctorow 2006 1367 1385 280 9644870735 20335 Ragtime, E.L Doctorow 2006 1367 1385 280 9644870735 20 Sometime early in his career E.L Doctorow figured out a great formula for historical fiction He takes real life iconic figures from whatever era he s covering and has them interact in believable ways with his fictional characters It makes for a show, don t tell scenario that brings history alive With Ragtime, we get to peek inside the heads of Houdini, Freud, J.P Morgan, Emma Goldman, Henry Ford and others In the process, we learn the issues of the day and get an authentic feel for the s Sometime early in his career E.L Do...Patriotism was a reliable sentiment in the early 1900 s Teddy Roosevelt was President The population customarily gathered in great numbers either out of doors for parades, public concerts, fish fries, political picnics, social outings, or indoors in meeting halls, vaudeville theatres, operas, ballrooms This relatively short novel is jam packed with a myriad of characters some fictional and some real life individuals It is a grand undertaking that introduces us to the events and people ofPa...Writing is like driving a car at night You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that wayE.L Doctorow, RagtimeSo my first book of 2014 isn t even on my to read list Must be good Yes, in fact it is the killer historical novel of the Ragtime era It is the big uncle to late 90s Philip Roth I Married a Communist , American Pastoral , Don DeLillo Libra , Underworld , Gore Vidal Empire, Hollywood Norman Mailer Executioner s Song HWriting is like driving a car at night You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that wayE.L Doctorow, RagtimeSo my first book of 2014 isn t even on my to read list Must be good Yes, in fact it is the killer historical novel of the Ragtime era It is the big uncle to late 90s Philip Roth I Married a Communist , American Pastoral , Don DeLillo Libra , Underworld , Gore Vidal Empire, Hollywood Norman Mailer Executioner s Song Harlot s Ghost novels which seem to all bend a little to the wind that blew out of this syncopated, tight, urgent historical novel Doctorow captures a swift and direct channel of New York s energy, contradiction, growth, insecurity, isolation as America transformed between the late 1800s and early 1900s It captured the race, immigrant, monied, and cultural changes that gripped New York as cars were beginning to roll down the streets and planes and Houdini were both beginning to float, briefly, in the air Doctorow actually edited Norman Mailer s ...I m not quite sure how I feel about this book.I went back and forth between giving it 3 or 4 stars What to do I decided that, since I was unsure, erring on the higher side would befair I mean, the content of the book was really good There were stories centered around a diverse mixiture of people from the early 1900s that included Harry Houdini, J.P Morgan, Evelyn Nesbit, Sigmund Freud, Emma Goldman and Henry Ford And therein lies my problem The collection of stories, imho, didn t tr I m not quite sure how I feel about this book.I went back and forth between giving it 3 or 4 stars What to do I decided that, since I was unsure, erring on the higher side would befair I mean, the content of the book was really good There were stories centered around a diverse mixiture of people from the early 1900s that included Harry Houdini, J.P Morgan, Evelyn Nesbit, Sigmund Freud, Emma Goldman and Henry Ford And therein lies my problem The collection of stories, imho, didn t translate into one amazing book There was no common thread While the author clearly knew lots of really cool bits of information about each of the characters, weaving them together was a big ol mess, and the commonalities felt forced.I realize that this book is a classic and was chosen by Modern Library as one of the 100 Best Novels of All Time Like I said, the content was good I love history And I lov...

• English
• 09 April 2018
E.L. Doctorow
• Paperback
• 320 pages
• 0812978188
• E.L. Doctorow
• Ragtime