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From: Susan Lempke <SDLempke>
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 11:05:32 -0500
A book that stays remarkably close to the point of view of the narrator is Anita Lobel's No Pretty Pictures, about her experience during the Holocaust. She stays completely within her child's perspective, and never cheats by giving us more information or insight than she had at the time.
I had a different reaction to Joey Pigza than others posting here. While the first-person narration gave the events an immediacy that would have been lacking otherwise, I was bothered that we were supposed to believe a boy going through such physical and emotional upheaval could express it all so coherently. None of his turmoil became a part of the
writing style. It sounded just like all of Gantos' other firstperson novels, which is to say sharp, funny, and truthful.
--Susan Dove Lempke (SDLempke at CompuServe.com)
Received on Mon 23 Nov 1998 10:05:32 AM CST
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 11:05:32 -0500
A book that stays remarkably close to the point of view of the narrator is Anita Lobel's No Pretty Pictures, about her experience during the Holocaust. She stays completely within her child's perspective, and never cheats by giving us more information or insight than she had at the time.
I had a different reaction to Joey Pigza than others posting here. While the first-person narration gave the events an immediacy that would have been lacking otherwise, I was bothered that we were supposed to believe a boy going through such physical and emotional upheaval could express it all so coherently. None of his turmoil became a part of the
writing style. It sounded just like all of Gantos' other firstperson novels, which is to say sharp, funny, and truthful.
--Susan Dove Lempke (SDLempke at CompuServe.com)
Received on Mon 23 Nov 1998 10:05:32 AM CST
