Russell Banks
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| Title | : | The Sweet Hereafter |
| Author | : | Russell Banks |
| Book Format | : | Kindle Edition |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 416 pages |
| Published | : | September 25th 1997 (first published 1991) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Novels. Contemporary. Literary Fiction |
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When fourteen children from the small town of Sam Dent are lost in a tragic accident, its citizens are confronted with one of life’s most difficult and disturbing questions: When the worst happens, whom do you blame, and how do you cope? Masterfully written, it is a large-hearted novel that brings to life a cast of unforgettable small-town characters and illuminates the mysteries and realities of love as well as grief.Details Books As The Sweet Hereafter
| Original Title: | The Sweet Hereafter |
| ISBN: | 0099268809 (ISBN13: 9780099268802) |
| Characters: | Dolores Driscoll, Nichole Smythe Burnell, Mitchell Stephens, Esquire, Billy Ansel (Sweet Hereafter) |
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This book taught me more about how to write than almost any other book I've read. The last chapter is a remarkable tour de force.
I first read Russell Banks because I found out that he wrote the books that two great movies are based on, "The Sweet Hereafter" and "Affliction." The first of these two is an exquisite movie. In fact, and one doesn't often hear this, especially on Goodreads, but the movie is better than the book. In the movie, directed by Atom Egoyan, the story of a school bus in a upstate NY town going into the lake is dealt with in the aftermath. Most of the children of the town are dead, and lawyers show up,
Recipe for Russell Bank's Sweet HereafterIngredients required17 dead teenagers and little kids2 living teenagers 1 bus1 bus driver (female) 1 river1 roadTwenty-five large scoops of ice and snowFour bags of bad weather (can be found at most supermarkets)1 small townApprox 35 parentsReporters (a handful will do)2 lawyers1 oz morality10 oz sentimentality1 box soapflakes4 boxes KleenexMethodSprinkle the ice and snow on the road. Tilt the road 25 degrees, with the edge of the road close to the edge
A remarkable and remarkably simple piece of literature that spawned a remarkable movie.Russell Banks, Russell Banks, Russell Banks. If I write his name enough it might conjure a complete sentence from my mind, as though his name alone might rub some of his magic off on me and I could explain this novel to you. Russell Banks. It's not working. I just read Affliction which a truly incredible movie was adapted from, adapted so well that it seemed to make the novel a non-event for me, yet I knew
This book was my introduction to Banks; it was the right book at the right time. In terms of POV and plotting, there is so much here. He examines a town's tragedy from different angles, taking his time. His characters are well fleshed-out; it was interesting when they made assertions that directly came into conflict with the belief of another character. (For example, the bus driver was so proud of both her care of the bus, and also the attention she took while driving. Then in the next chapter,
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