The Other
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.81 (844 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0739328875 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 268 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Excellent Read!" according to G. Snapp. This was an excellent book! The characters were interesting, even compelling. The plot may have been a bit dark, but not overly so. It helped that I grew up in the Seattle area at about the same time as these guys. I have been to many of the same places and done many of the same things, though not to the same extent. These guys were hardcore outdoorsmen. They were also extremely well-read, and I enjoyed the many litera. I'm just a fan I write this review with the bias of being a fan of this author's. Once again, Guterson's inclination/knowledge of nature shines through in another one of his books. I was a little bit taken aback, however, when reading the part about Neil's experience in teaching ESL to immigrant children. I especially do not think I talked like that when I was placed in ESL classes as a kid. But, of course, if I was not then moved to. "Another great work of fiction" according to Calvin McCorison. Guterson continues with another riveting novel.I love the abundance of detail he gives the reader, painting a picture but not holding the reader's hand in explanation. Questions of how someone ought to live are easily woven through the dialogue, but judgements are left to the reader. The narrator admits defeat in the face of the hard questions and thus is easily relatable.Something I love, that is criticized about Gute
--Jon Foro. Neil meanwhile chooses a traditional path as a father and school teacher, despite his troubled friend's exhortations to eschew "hamburger world" and find truth in a simpler, stripped-down existence. Best of the Month, June 2008: When John William Barry and Neil Countryman meet at a high school track meet in the early 1970s, they are two sides of the same coin: John is a trust fund baby and student of a prestigious private school while Neil is solidly working class, but they share an affinity for the outdoors and apprehension over impending changes in their lives. Nothing is that simple, of course, and The Other compellingly explores the compromises we make to balance meaning and security in our lives through the choices (and their subsequent consequences) of these two men. After an unintentionally challenging week lost in the wilds of the North Cascades, John is compelled to an ascetic path: life in a remote river valley in the Olymp
Nevertheless, when the two boys meet in 1972 at age sixteen, they’re brought together by what they have in common: a fierce intensity and a love of the outdoors that takes them together into Washington’s remote backcountry, where they must rely on their wits–and each other–to survive. From the author of the best-selling Snow Falling on Cedars, a dazzling new novel about youth and idealism, adulthood and its compromises, and two powerfully different visions of what it means to live a good life.John William Barry has inherited the pedigree–and wealth–of two of Seattle’s elite families; Neil Countryman is blue-collar Irish. When John William enlists Neil to help him dis- appear completely, Neil finds himself drawn into a web of secrets and often agonizing responsibility, deceit, and tragedy–one that will finally break open with a wholly unexpected, life-altering revelation.Riveting, deeply humane, The Other is David Guterson’s most brilliant and provocative novel to date.. Soon after graduating from college, Neil sets out on a path that will lead him toward a life as a devoted schoolteacher and family man. But John William makes a radically different choice, dropping out of college and moving deep into the woods, convinced that it is the only way to live without hypocrisy