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Algernon, Charlie, and I: A Writer's Journey (Hardcover)

by Daniel Keyes (Author)

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Hardcover: 223 pages
Publisher: Challenge Press, Inc./Challcrest Press (February 2000)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1929519001
ISBN-13: 978-1929519002
Product Dimensions: 23.5 x 15.8 x 2.3 cm
Shipping Weight: 472 g

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"A fascinating and highly engaging look at the creative process and development of an author." --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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In Flowers for Algernon, Daniel Keyes created an unlikely duo-a laboratory mouse and a man-who captured the hearts of millions of readers around the world. Now, in Algernon, Charlie, and I, Keyes reveals his methods of creating fiction as well as the heartbreaks and joys of being published. With admirable insight he shares with readers, writers, teachers, and students the creative life behind his classic novel, included here in its original short-story form. All those who love stories, storytelling, and the remarkable characters of Charlie and Algernon will delight in accompanying their creator on this inspirational voyage of discovery. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Secret of "Flowers for Algernon", May 23 2003

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The main charm of "Algernon, Charlie and I" is the revealed episodes behind "Flowers for Algernon", which make you understand (at least partly) why "Flowers's for Algernon", the author's acclaimed novel, is so increadibly compelling and moving.

By reading this book, you will find that the "Flowers for Algernon" is not a product of pure fantasy, but is based on so actual facts, emotions and feelings, that the author had been observing and experiencing himself. Charlie's desire to become smart comes from the author's experience while working with mentally retarded children, who wanted to become smart. Charlie's feeling toward the professor, while becoming smarter than the professor who created him, comes from the author's experience of suddently over-growing his parents, immigrants who did not speak English fluently.

After reading this book, you will realise that it is the author's sensitivity, warmness toward other people and his candidness about his own feeling what make his extraordinary novel so warm and moving. In the end, "Flowers for Algernon" is not about this poor guy who has gone through extraordinary experience, but about all of us.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Read this book, you will leave with a greater appreciation., Jan 3 2002

By	"kathe1218" (Boca Raton, FL USA) - See all my reviews

Mr. Keyes exposes himself personally in this intimate autobiography. I was captured by his honesty, his sensitivity and his fluid writing style. I felt, as though I was a familiar friend and I gained and enormous appreciation for his dedication in writing "Flowers for Algernon". I look forward to more books by this gifted author. I hear his next will be science fiction / mystery.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A "must" for all Daniel Keys fans., Aug 4 2000

By	Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

In Algernon, Charlie And I: A Writer's Journey, Daniel Keys reveals the life experiences behind his creation of the character Charlie Gordon, a young man whose quest for intelligence and knowledge parallels that of the mouse, Algernon, in his acclaimed novelette "Flowers for Algernon" (which has been optioned and is in production for a CBS made-for-tv movie. Both the novelette version, and the novel that followed, have been widely translated and remain part of many school and college literature course curriculums. Algernon, Charlie And I includes the author's original short novelette version and is a "must" for all Keys fans.

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5.0 out of 5 stars After Read This Book
This book is about one retarded guy named Charlie Gordon. Thisbook is very interesting because this book is written as a real diaryof Charlie. Read more

Published on May 30 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars A superb autobiography blended with insights on writing.
The publication of Algernon, Charlie and I coincides with a new 2-hour movie version of the award-winning film CHARLY, and provides insights into Keyes' process in creating the... Read more

Published on Mar 3 2000 by Midwest Book Review