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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780375726576
ISBN: 0375726578
Label: Vintage
Manufacturer: Vintage
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 336
Publication Date: July 27, 2004
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date: July 27, 2004
Sales Rank: 310538
Studio: Vintage
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Rating:  - rain
I bought this book after reading East of the Mountains by the same author. (I thought E of the M was outstanding) This book was well-written, but left me feeling empty. I like to read uplifting books and this one felt like the rain-drenched area of the setting of the story.
Rating:  - Promising story, almost unreadable book.
I haven't read any of Guterson's other novels, but this story seemed interesting. I thought I would like the book. How wrong I was.
Guterson has been too lazy to use quotation marks on the dialog. Or perhaps he chose not to, for some unknown reason, perhaps just to be artsy. It serves no purpose other than to make the book almost unreadable. Half of the time you don't know if you're reading narration, dialog or characters' thoughts. This is very annoying but might have been forgivable ... Read More
Rating:  - Don Collins On the Rocks
David Guterson's novel, OUR LADY OF THE FOREST, is, to be blunt and rather old-fashioned, profane. It sets out, I think, to be a novel about sin, redemption, and grace; or maybe it's about faith in the modern world. Perhaps it's about people trying to find salvation in the midst of despair. Or it could be about how tragedies can break up families, or about how women are sexual oppressed. Or maybe it's propaganda depicting the Pacific Northwest as a really cold, dark and wet place that you wouldn't ... Read More
Rating: - A short story in a long text
This book is basically a short story about a teenage runaway named Ann from a very broken family in Oregon. While engaged in her career as a mushroom gatherer in Washington state, she has what she believes to be visions of the Virgin Mary. Once word of her visions gets out, the small town near which she lives is overwhelmed by pilgrims.
The style of this novel reminds me of "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea": a dribble of the main narrative followed by long background passages. In this case, the ... Read More
Rating:  - To Believe or Not To Believe
Our Lady of the Forrest features Anne, a homeless mushroom picker who has a Marian vision while out in the woods one day. Or does she? This is the central question. Anne has her own problems, including some pot smoking and a checkered history. Along comes her enabler who knows how to stick her fingers in the plate when the time is right. There's also a local priest with some of his own questions about his faith and the validity of Anne's visions.
Guterson writes very well. His descriptions of ... Read More
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