This story won the 1997 Pulizer Prize, and I can see why. Millhauser is a master descriptionist (if that's not a word, it should be, just to describe him). The novel takes readers on a journey through the American Dream as the nineteenth century ushers in the twentieth in New York City. As in the other Millhauser stories I have read, this one magically unites the minute with the grandiose, the public with the private, business with pleasure, real with fantastic. Dressler faces the challenge all New Yorkers know well (even those who lived there for three years): where do I go from here? On his unending quest to fulfill his desires and satiate his dreams, much is lost. Along these lines, Millhauser gives us the paradox of success and failure, gain and loss - and, how close they are to each other.
Overall, a delightful read. Beautiful prose. A bit melancholy, but countered nicely with a sense of wonderment and energy that permeate the pages.
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2 comments:
give the first sentence of this post a re-read Linz! u better hope one of your english students doesn't blackmail you with that!! haha jk
What are you talking about? What error? I don't see any errors?
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