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1.America America: A Novel by: Ethan Canin June 24, 2008
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I found the beginning of this book to be beguiling and thought to myself that I was in for a treat. The more that I read, the more my disappointment mounted. Canin writes beautifully, and some passages were worthy of a second read. Great characterizations. One is easily drawn into this story. Corey Sifter is most sympathetic, and I really liked his folks. Class differences come alive, yet again. Then it is as if we [the readers] are asked to question that wistful phrase, "If only....? What would have happened if....?" Are some of us not doing that at this moment?! Do we require reminders about close elections, lost races for the White House, etc.? Do we realy need reminders that war is hell? Also, what happened to Holly? She drops out with either no little explanation. Additionally, ... Read More

2.Emperor of the Air by: Ethan Canin 1999-09
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This is one of the best short story collections I've ever read, docking just below the likes of Ernest Hemingway and Raymond Carver as the most crafted collections of stories in my experience. -- Reviewed by Jonathan Stephens

3.The Palace Thief: Stories by: Ethan Canin August 08, 2006
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Great collection of stories that deals with the pitfalls of everyday decisions. The character developments are exquisite, which is what keeps the stories so alive.

4.Carry Me Across the Water: A Novel by: Ethan Canin May 14, 2002
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Based on Canin's short stories, I confidently expected to love this novel. I am not going to argue that Carry Me Across the Water is a bad book, but I was not nearly as impressed as I expected to be. I am not sure that I am smart enough to exactly pinpoint what did not work. I certainly appreciated it as I was reading it. As I sit here now to try to find the words to describe the flaws, I keep coming up with "forgettable" and "weak". All the same, "weak" is not correct. Canin is too good of a writer for that. "Diluted" is maybe more appropriate. It is as though what I like about his short stories is not concentrated enough to hold my attention here throughout the book. August Kleinman is an interesting enough character. The events in his life should also have been interesting enough. But still, it just didn't ... Read More

5.For Kings and Planets: A Novel by: Ethan Canin October 01, 1999
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Curious about this author whose fascinating interview I read last month in "Poets & Writers," I picked up this book. In many ways the writing style reminded me of F. Scott Fitzgerald in both the story and the language. I thought the question of regional values the book opened with was an interesting one. However, I would have to characterize the flow of the book as disruptive. I found it hard to believe these characters because so many things they did were contradictory and left unexplained. Canin immediately interests the reader with the ease of his prose, but he doesn't convince us that a character's shift in behavior, appearing to be contradictory, is actually quite plausible now. Marshall, the gifted and discontented son borne of a difficult family history, is ironically the author's most consistent character, eccentric, ... Read More

6.Blue River by: Ethan Canin February 17, 1996
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Ethan Canin is one of my favorite modern novelists. That being said, I feel his books, while still good, have gotten progressively less interesting as he has gotten older. The first two stories in the Palace Thief are my favorite - along with Blue River. Just the way Canin emotes the feelings created by the bonds of his characters in this book truly reveal how it feels to be a young man, what traits are revered by young men, what is found in oneself, and what is lost. I don't know...not sure what there is here NOT to like.

7.Blue River (Picador Books) by: Ethan Canin February 07, 1992
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Ethan Canin is one of my favorite modern novelists. That being said, I feel his books, while still good, have gotten progressively less interesting as he has gotten older. The first two stories in the Palace Thief are my favorite - along with Blue River. Just the way Canin emotes the feelings created by the bonds of his characters in this book truly reveal how it feels to be a young man, what traits are revered by young men, what is found in oneself, and what is lost. I don't know...not sure what there is here NOT to like.

8.The Palace Thief - by: Ethan Canin - 1994
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Ethan Canin is one of my favorite modern novelists. That being said, I feel his books, while still good, have gotten progressively less interesting as he has gotten older. The first two stories in the Palace Thief are my favorite - along with Blue River. Just the way Canin emotes the feelings created by the bonds of his characters in this book truly reveal how it feels to be a young man, what traits are revered by young men, what is found in oneself, and what is lost. I don't know...not sure what there is here NOT to like.

9.Carry Me Across the Water by: Ethan Canin 2001
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Ethan Canin is one of my favorite modern novelists. That being said, I feel his books, while still good, have gotten progressively less interesting as he has gotten older. The first two stories in the Palace Thief are my favorite - along with Blue River. Just the way Canin emotes the feelings created by the bonds of his characters in this book truly reveal how it feels to be a young man, what traits are revered by young men, what is found in oneself, and what is lost. I don't know...not sure what there is here NOT to like.

10.Emperor Of The Air - Stories by: Ethan Canin 1989
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Ethan Canin is one of my favorite modern novelists. That being said, I feel his books, while still good, have gotten progressively less interesting as he has gotten older. The first two stories in the Palace Thief are my favorite - along with Blue River. Just the way Canin emotes the feelings created by the bonds of his characters in this book truly reveal how it feels to be a young man, what traits are revered by young men, what is found in oneself, and what is lost. I don't know...not sure what there is here NOT to like.

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