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de Anne Tyler (Author)
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Scarred by grief after their 12-year-old son's senseless murder (he was shot by a holdup man in a Burger Bonanza), Macon and Sarah Leary are losing their marriage too. Macon is unable to cope when she leaves him, so he settles down ``safe among the people he'd started out with,'' moving back home with two divorced brothers and spinster sister Rose. Author of a series of guidebooks called ``Accidental Tourist'' for businessmen who hate to travel, Macon is Tyler's focus here, as she gently chronicles his journey from lonely self-absorption to an ``accidental'' new life with brassy Muriel, a dog trainer from the Meow Bow Animal Hospital, who renews and claims his heart. Not a character, including Macon's dog Edward, is untouched by delightful eccentricity in this charming story, full of surprises and wisdom. All of Tyler's novels are wonderful; thisher tenthis the best yet. BOMC main selection. Janet Wiehe, P.L. of Cincinnati & Hamilton Cty.
Copyright 1985 Reed Business Information, Inc. This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.


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“POIGNANT . . . FUNNY . . . THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST IS ONE OF HER BEST. . . . [TYLER] HAS NEVER BEEN STRONGER.”
–The New York Times

Macon Leary is a travel writer who hates both travel and anything out of the ordinary. He is grounded by loneliness and an unwillingness to compromise his creature comforts when he meets Muriel, a deliciously peculiar dog-obedience trainer who up-ends Macon’s insular world–and thrusts him headlong into a remarkable engagement with life.

“BITTERSWEET . . . EVOCATIVE . . . It’s easy to forget this is the warm lull of fiction; you half-expect to run into her characters at the dry cleaners . . . Tyler [is] a writer of great compassion.”
–The Boston Globe

“Tyler has given us an endlessly diverting book whose strength gathers gradually to become a genuinely thrilling one.”
–Los Angeles Times

“A DELIGHT . . . A GRACEFUL COMIC NOVEL ABOUT GETTING THROUGH LIFE.”
–The Wall Street Journal
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5.0étoiles sur 5 Listen to the George Guidall Version, Mars 10 2004
Par D. Money (Virginia) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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This review is from: The Accidental Tourist (Audio Cassette)
I just finished listening to the unabridged Recorded Books version of this book for the second time. It is narrated by George Guidall, who is one of the best narrators out there. If you are going to listen to this book on tape, I highly recommend this version. See if your library has it, or go to recordedbooks.com and rent it--it will be well worth it. He also narrates another Anne Tyler book, Saint Maybe, and does just as fabulous a job on that one. Anne Tyler is one of my favorite authors, and George Guidall is one of my favorite narrators--the two together are amazing!
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5.0étoiles sur 5 Anne Tyler: Mistress of Quirk, Jui 21 2003
Par Peggy Vincent "author and reader" (Oakland, CA) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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I've read all her books, and this is one of my favorites. It begins with Macon and his wife separating after tragedy drives them apart. Macon moves 'back home' with his 3 hopelessly out-of-touch-with-reality siblings, the oddest of which is his spinster sister, Rose. Enter: Muriel, an eccentric dog trainer, who gets right to work training Macon for re-entry into life.
Every nuance is in place in this quirky book full of odd characters who have trouble finding their niche till Tyler discovers them and sets them again on their crooked path.
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5.0étoiles sur 5 How to Explain?, Aoû 22 2002
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This review is from: Accidental Tourist (Paperback)
I have never read anything which so effectively spoke to me (at the same time) of the beauty and loneliness of life.

Somewhere on this earth right now, lives a person (Anne Tyler) who possesses an amazing ability to see/sense/perceive an extraordinary range of the human experience.

A million people could look at the same thing and not really know what it means. But Anne Tyler might understand.

Such breadth of awareness.

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5.0étoiles sur 5 The Courage of Living
Anne Tyler's strongest novel. Macon Leary, an emotionally battered man, has always been insular, introverted, and a loner. Read more
Publié le Juil 14 2002 par Pamela

4.0étoiles sur 5 All the Lonely People
There's a great passage about halfway through this novel. Macon, the protagonist, is flying and he looks out the window to see the roofs of houses. Read more
Publié le Mai 29 2002 par oddsfish

4.0étoiles sur 5 Life is always an unfinished activity
The book speaks to that lonely place inside of us that no matter how many persons we have around or how many activities me immerse ourselves into, always remains in a vacuum. Read more
Publié le Mars 1 2002 par Juan Carlos Uribe

4.0étoiles sur 5 A book of contrasts
The story dipicts contrasts in our world behind closed doors. It is a great read that takes you on a ride with a very unusual man. Read more
Publié le Janv. 16 2002 par K. Quirke

4.0étoiles sur 5 Accidental Tourist is a Deliberate Joy
Anne Tyler in AT starts with characters who are not out-right likeable. Macon Leary's story continues in such a way that he, especially, becomes more than likeable -- he becomes... Read more
Publié le Déc 27 2001 par Denton Loving

5.0étoiles sur 5 Wish it never ended
I generally read spy thrillers or crime novels, so the lack of action in this book could have made it not my cup of tea. However, the clever ways that A.T. Read more
Publié le Nov. 28 2001 par David M. Opas

3.0étoiles sur 5 Fairly good story
I've never listened to a book on tape before, and only did so with this book because I needed something to listen to at work. Read more
Publié le Nov. 10 2001 par C. Hill

5.0étoiles sur 5 VIVIDLY EVOKED.
Such wonderful things happen deep inside the sentences. Anne Tyler has taught us to expect something extraordinary. Her touch is gentle but firm.
Publié le Oct. 22 2001 par Waleed Eissa

4.0étoiles sur 5 Kept me wondering to the very end... and beyond
While in the library scanning books on how-to-write, I came across a strong recommendation for Anne Tyler's "Accidental Tourist" as a good example of what a novel should... Read more
Publié le Aoû 17 2001 par Tom Bruce

3.0étoiles sur 5 Better late than never!
I've seen *The Accidental Tourist* on favorite book lists for years and even seen the movie. But I had procrastinated on the actual book until recently. Shame on me! Read more
Publié le Mai 20 2001 par K. Melissa Galyon

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