- Hardcover
- Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (T) (October 1978)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0395266831
- ISBN-13: 978-0395266830
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 15.2 x 3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 476 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #809,826 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Howard Fast, author of The Immigrants, has proven himself to be one of this country's most popular authors. This second volume about the fortunes of Dan Lavette, the young Italian who lost his parents but launched a stormy and brilliant career as a result of the great San Francisco earthquake, encompasses an even more dramatic sweep of history from the depression years to the close of World War II. It is the rare novelist who can create a world with such empathy and passion that the listener actually comes to share the loves and emotions of its characters.
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Continuing the Lavette Saga, Sep 15 2009
By Graceann Macleod "Books Fuel My Life" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Second Generation (Paperback)
In THE IMMIGRANTS, Howard Fast began the story of the Lavettes, focusing on Dan and his wife, Jean. This second volume concentrates on their daughter, Barbara, and what adventures she has! From 1930s labor strife, to pre-WWII Paris to Calcutta to San Francisco, there is very little that doesn't make its way into Barbara Lavette's experience.Howard Fast writes in a way that keeps one turning the pages. When you feel you've heard enough from one character, he focuses on someone else for a while. There is a vast tapestry of characters here, some of whom are only introduced with an eye toward their greater importance in later volumes of the series. Barbara is an amazing, interesting character, and I loved her immensely. I also came to admire Jean (a character I almost loathed in THE IMMIGRANTS) due to her steadily maturing nature in this second episode.
The sequence focusing on the D-Day landings at Normandy was excellently written and extremely exciting. It's very difficult to write about a battle without it being either overly dramatic or excruciatingly dull. Fast walks a very fine line here, brilliantly. He also mines his own experiences as a liberal, Jewish artist in the War years in order to provide anecdotes that drive the narrative. I can't wait to see what he does with the McCarthy era and HUAC in book number three, THE ESTABLISHMENT.
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Nostalgic, Sep 14 2009
By Soccer Ref "Arbitro" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Second Generation (Audio CD)
This picks up where the Immigrants leaves off. It continues the saga seamlessly. The audio production is unique with different actors voicing different characters, in addition to a narrator. It is a pleasant and engaging experience. Second Generation
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Second Generation, Sep 23 2010
By NonnaRose - Published on Amazon.com
This book is second of a series. The first book (The Immigrants) was not available for the Kindle so you will have to find it in paper. i enjoyed this book mmore than the first because it helped the reader to better understand and care about the characters. It was an easy read.
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