- Mass Market Paperback
- Publisher: Signet; 7th THUS edition (Jan 1 1960)
- Language: English
- ASIN: B001JK8ENK
- Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 10.7 x 2.4 cm
- Shipping Weight: 181 g
- Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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2.0 out of 5 stars
A Shore A Little Too Dry For Its Own Good,
By Chuck Schwab (Jersey) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Barbary Shore (Paperback)
Starting over with a clean slate is an idea that is looked upon and desired. The concept of Barbary SHore was a brilliant idea for Mailer to attempt writing about. Mike, being an amnesiac wanted to piece his life back together, but could not trust his thoughts and the images that came to his mind. Upon moving into a house with many tenants of diverse personalities, he had the perfect chance to recollect thoughts and concepts.However, Mailer failed to use the concept effectively. He did use Mike at first to absorb the thoughts and ideas projected by the tenants, but they did not stay with him and did not have a lasting effect on his search for a stable mind. Mailer basically shrugged off a freat opportunity to cause a great conflict of mental confusion in Mike, to strongly contribute to the plot. Mailer's writing did not help the novel's cause either. His narration became monotonous because of a lack of variation of sentence structure and writing style, along with dragged out descriptions that were not at all exciting to read. Also, the conversations that happened in the novel were boring because of the author's tendencies towards over describing. They were also horribly routine. Basically the writing in the novel was boring. The only interesting aspect of Mailer's writing was his analogies. It was interesting how he related things that were very alike, but not in an obvious manner. But that did not save the novel. Also adding to the monotony of the novel was that it serves more as a declaration of Mailer's political views instead of a statement of emotion. Because of Mailer's rambling no one looking for an inspirational book should seek such in this novel since all it has to offer is political insight. Unfortunately, I was no tseeking any such insight, and was bored by the novel.
3.0 out of 5 stars
A Better Mind Then Mine,
By David Feehan (Melbourne Australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Barbary Shore (Paperback)
A few things grabbed me by the scruff of the neck and made themselves evident to me when I read this novel. Firstly, Norman Mailer is a much smarter man than I, secondly, Norman Mailer can write very well when he wants to, and thirdly, he can do a lot better than this.Set in a boarding house with a serious of muddled characters and little to drive the narrative outside of dialogue, the book fails to reach the heights that were probably imagined for it in it's conception. It is my second experience with Mailer, the first being The Fight, which I rate very highly. This novel, despite it's best efforts, have failed to seal my opinion of Mailer. Maybe I should read The Naked and The Dead and be done with it. In short, I think there are better books out there to be read.
2.0 out of 5 stars
the kid below me is right,
This review is from: Barbary Shore (Paperback)
Basically I just want to say that i totally agree with the review below mine. The story plods clumsily on like a malformed clubfoot, and the prose is dead (it reminded me of a rather depressing hybrid of Kafka and Hemingway: two sleep-inducers). Anyhow if i see Norman around i am gonna make him buy me a drink for this one.
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