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Michael Cunningham
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Pages: 352 (Paperback)
ISBN: 0140299548
Pub: Penguin Books Ltd
Pub date: 2001-02-22
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 79651
Reader Reviews:
I read this book on a 9 and a half hour flight to India! (13/15 people found this helpful)
"A Home at the End of the World" has to be Michael Cunningham's finest book to date. In a sea of bland coming of age novels this book leaps miles ahead and is a must for anyone who enjoys reading alternative gay fiction. The core of this book is not, however, about homosexuality it takes a refreshing look at how people from differing backgroungs come together to forge a life together in a not so successful manner. All I can say is, read this book, it's fantastic!!
Marvellous (3/13 people found this helpful)
A superb novel, very well written. Excellent!!!
A novel of clarity (15/19 people found this helpful)
Michael Cunningham has a method of writing that makes the reader FEEL every experience that his characters are going through.
‘A home at the end of the world’ is a fine example of this.
Cunnigham takes you on the journey of two exceptionally, individual males who share the same thirst for understanding the world they live in & knowing who they are.
You watch as they struggle to develop themselves, in what seems like, a problematic society that their parents appear to have thrown them into.
Along the way their lives somehow entwine with that of an eccentric female whom teaches them that love has no boundaries and that rules only exist if you want them too.
‘A home at the end of the world’ is an eye opener for those of us that insist on complicating our lives by focussing on the how’s, when’s & why’s that we forget to live in the now…
A novel of Clarity (5/9 people found this helpful)
Michael Cunningham has a method of writing that makes the reader FEEL every experience that his characters are going though.
‘A home at the end of the world’ is a fine example of this.
Cunningham takes you on the journey of two exceptionally, individual males who share the same thirst for understanding the world they live in & knowing who they are.
You watch as they struggle to develop themselves, in what seems like, a problematic society that their parents appear to have thrown them into.
Along the way their lives somehow entwine with that of an eccentric female whom teaches them that love has no boundaries and that rules only exist if you want them too.
‘A home at the end of the world’ is an eye opener for those of us that insist on complicating their lives by focussing on the how’s, when’s & why’s that we forget to live in the now…
interesting read (7/15 people found this helpful)
This book is beautifully written, guiding the reader through the lives of three different people who are in what could seem a bizarre relationship together. Compassionate, descriptive and a fresh look on 'alternative' lifestyles.
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