tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060047013304842896.post1466042214914704989..comments2024-03-27T05:13:25.241-05:00Comments on The New Dork Review of Books: Motherless Brooklyn: Brilliantly Defying All ConventionGreg Zimmermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08122230426442946518noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060047013304842896.post-38136456248038379312010-07-10T05:51:56.353-05:002010-07-10T05:51:56.353-05:00Read this book and loved the Lethem's play wit...Read this book and loved the Lethem's play with Tourette's, too. I liked how Essrog was an intricate character that you could care about.fantaghiro23https://www.blogger.com/profile/16834003796589218555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060047013304842896.post-27862789717821505942010-07-02T07:04:40.664-05:002010-07-02T07:04:40.664-05:00Sounds very very interesting -- your review makes ...Sounds very very interesting -- your review makes me want to read it!Betty: Reflections with Coffeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01894884207625468897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060047013304842896.post-57072591778877193852010-06-29T11:00:44.994-05:002010-06-29T11:00:44.994-05:00Wonderful review. I read this so long ago but rem...Wonderful review. I read this so long ago but remember thinking that the narrator's voice was fresh beyond compare. I would have paired this with the other Brooklyn Jonathan's Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close...or is it, Incredibly Loud and Extremely Close? Either way, it makes for good Brooklyn-focused reading. Do you think these guys run into each other at Starbuck's?Laura from Canadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09635768536853540300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060047013304842896.post-3980583175827399142010-06-25T09:19:44.398-05:002010-06-25T09:19:44.398-05:00Thanks so much for your review, Greg. I loved this...Thanks so much for your review, Greg. I loved this book and now I feel like I'm going to have to read it again.NancyOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12027036137062767840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060047013304842896.post-19048759054730605502010-06-24T20:18:21.834-05:002010-06-24T20:18:21.834-05:00I already have a copy of this in my TBR pile and y...I already have a copy of this in my TBR pile and your review made me all the more excited to read it!!Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15867744753830511111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060047013304842896.post-65513509849224211572010-06-24T19:35:10.232-05:002010-06-24T19:35:10.232-05:00I still haven't read this one -- although I wa...I still haven't read this one -- although I want to. I hope the movie doesn't change this character too much! I'm curious, though, how well-known and understood Tourette's was back in the 1950s, which you say the movie will be set in. Should be interesting!Valeriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10401551604933163595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060047013304842896.post-42468560662700877302010-06-24T16:30:57.935-05:002010-06-24T16:30:57.935-05:00All I have to say is YESSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!All I have to say is YESSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060047013304842896.post-59243443760143186872010-06-24T14:47:03.260-05:002010-06-24T14:47:03.260-05:00I was looking forward to reading your review, as I...I was looking forward to reading your review, as I read this book about five years ago. I, too, enjoyed it and thought the protagonist was funny and there was nothing pretentious about the novel—as you said Lethem was just having fun. I remember I read it while also reading Infinite Jest. That has nothing to do with the price of butter.<br /><br />I have never read anything else by Lethem, save this essay on plagiarism: http://harpers.org/archive/2007/02/0081387<br /><br />It's fantastic if you get chance to give it a read. I guess that's enough out of me.Kennethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08822449936450212892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060047013304842896.post-33584525858483882402010-06-24T14:26:50.473-05:002010-06-24T14:26:50.473-05:00Great review. I just added this to my "hold&...Great review. I just added this to my "hold" list at the library. Looking forward to reading.Jannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05557437845667317036noreply@blogger.com