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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | | | | Reynolds Price, novelist, poet, playwright and essayist, author of the bestseller Kate Vaiden and the recent Roxanna Slade, is one of the most accomplished writers ever to come out of the South. He is an author rooted in its old life and ways; and this is his vivid, powerful memoir of his first twenty-one years growing up in North Carolina. Spanning the years from 1933 to 1954, Price accurately captures the spirit of a community recovering from the Depression, living through World War II and then facing the economic and social changes of the 1950s. In closely linked chapters focusing on individuals, Price describes with compassion and honesty the white and black men and women who shaped his youth. The cast includes his young, devoted parents; a loving aunt; his younger brother Bill; childhood friends and enemies and the teachers who fostered and encouraged his love of writing. Clear Pictures is an autobiography set apart from others by the author's clarity of vision, the power of his characters and the richness of his writing. | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Author: | Reynolds Price | | Hardcover: | 320 pages | | Publisher: | Scribner | | Publication Date: | May 04, 1998 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 0684847523 | | Product Length: | 9.56 inches | | Product Width: | 6.48 inches | | Product Height: | 1.16 inches | | Product Weight: | 1.37 pounds | | Package Length: | 9.56 inches | | Package Width: | 6.48 inches | | Package Height: | 1.16 inches | | Package Weight: | 1.37 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 3 reviews |
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9 of 9 found the following review helpful:
if you are a lover of art, this is wonderful Nov 06, 2001
By Robert J. Crawford
OK, this is yet another great autobio by a writer that I admire: it displays a fabulous power of memory - one of the traits that Nabokov said was a sign of creativitiy - and is written in a secure and elegant style. Its portraits are sharp and unlike any that I have ever read, leavened with enormous subtlety and humor. This makes it a truly unique read.Interestingly, not a whole lot happens in this autobio outside of personal growth, ambition, and his father overcoming alcoholism. Instead, the author muses over a rich life that started with an average family. There are deep relationships and a great deal of love, ruminations over the racism and sensitivity of his southern upbringing, and the outlines of his concerns with art. It is a bit annoying that he plays the pronoun game with those he loved: obviously, they were either men or men and women, so why not say it? If you like a measured and calm set of vivid recollections by an individual of great literary talent, you enjoy this very much. Very very much.
7 of 8 found the following review helpful:
A book to be read and reread. Aug 22, 1998
Reynold's beautiful memoir contains memorable characters that many readers will find perched somewhere in their family tree. The prose pleads to be read aloud.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Small Town, Big City Nov 02, 1997
By kworkman@email.unc.edu
Reynolds Price was born in North Carolina. He has lived here his whole life, excluding four years in Europe. He is rooted in Southern ways and Southern life. With Clear Pictures, we understand how his rural beginnings shaped the life that he has made. We begin to understand the basis of all the wonderful characters he has shown us.
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