Karen Quamme of the Columbus Dispatch finds Alan Lightman's unholy mixture of science and religion a delight:
"The novel might be too imaginative for readers who want to stick to the facts and too blasphemous for those who want their religion undiluted, but those who find science, poetry and religion a palatable mix will be delighted." More.
Alan Lightman visits this Thursday, 2/2.
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Monday, January 30, 2012
Science and Religion
Monday, December 12, 2011
"A lonesome jazz riff— raw and tender"
Audiophile, a magazine devoted to audiobooks, has bestowed an Earphones Award on Bill Kennedy's own narration of Chango's Beads and Two-Tone Shoes. Here's the review that will appear in the next issue:
CHANGO'S BEADS AND TWO-TONE SHOES
This eighth novel in Pulitzer Prize-winning author William Kennedy's Albany Cycle leaves familiar locales for 1957 Cuba. There, freelance journalist Daniel Quinn meets his hero, Ernest Hemingway, and falls in love with a beautiful gunrunner. He's also introduced to the Santeria religion and Changó, a mythic warrior, and finds himself well placed for a world-changing revolution. But it’s not long before we’re back on familiar Albany turf. Kennedy’s own narration is like a lonesome jazz riff—raw and tender. His natural delivery avoids theatrics and proves comforting yet edgy. When he relates significant moments—Bobby Kennedy’s assassination, race riots, Albany politics—we know he’s been there. His representation of Quinn’s aging father, who dominates the second part of the book, is spot-on. A terrific listen! S.J.H. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine
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