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by William Styron (Author)
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This recording is a complete and utter success if for no other reason than it makes you almost (almost) forget about Meryl Streep's tragic performance in the film version. It follows, then, that the person responsible for this success is narrator William Hope. He does a masterful job acting, not merely reading, Styron's extraordinary novel. Hope's portrayal of the trio of characters is true and explicit--Southern Stingo, Brooklynite Nathan, and Polish Sophie. Hope's voice embraces these people and destroys their facades to expose all the emotion, pathos, and humanity they can exude. He also transitions from one character to the next flawlessly, using almost perfect diction and pacing. It is entirely possible to hear every word in the book. That's how clear he is. R.I.G. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.


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Three stories are told: a young Southerner wants to become a writer; a turbulent love-hate affair between a brilliant Jew and a beautiful Polish woman; and of an awful wound in that woman's past--one that impels both Sophie and Nathan toward destruction.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic novel, Mar 19 2007
By Billy Pilgrim (Kansas City) - See all my reviews
What a book! What a movie! How could anyone NOT like anything Styron wrote, especially this masterpiece? By far this is a landmark in American literature, a saga of enormous weight and merit, like Steinbeck's "East of Eden," McCrae's "Bark of the Dogwood," or Conroy's "Prince of Tides." Sophie's Choice packs a wallop you won't soon forget. Even if you know the story you'll still be blown away by the excellent dialogue, brilliant characters, great settings, and moving events that unfold--it all makes for great literature, great reading, and above all, an American masterpiece. Also recommended: Prince of Tides, Bark of the Dogwood, and Empire Falls

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5.0 out of 5 stars My choice, Jan 12 2007
Although Styron is obviously influenced by such dubious writers as Thomas Wolfe and Faulkner, he nonetheless avoids the delusional granduer of the former and the pervasive annoyingness of the latter. Yet he does have a noticeably Southern style that is breezy and calming; he writes with seemingly no effort.

Being the southern gentleman that he is, I was surprised and impressed by the skill with which Styron wrote of male lust; it preoccupied the narrator to a frenzied yet comic extent and any writer who can write of male lust well will get a tip of the hat from me.

I've been reading a lot of contemporary fiction lately and Styron has a refreshing moral seriousness (and not at the expence of intelligence or art) that many writers now do not attempt. The antithesis of this type of writing would be someone like John Barth, who in his own plodding adademic way seems to think that he himself is very clever and funny. Styron seems to have the weight of the world on his poor shoulders, and in this respect, and in the clarity of his descriptions, he reminds me of Tolstoy.

However I am wary of writers who often take on humungous subjects which they have no intimate, personal experience with. And this is the main thing that bothered me about Sophie's Choice. I of course understand that writers must tackle things they have no experience of (unless they are alarmingly solipsistic and self-absorbed, like Updike) but when a writer living in the comforts of America goes on and on about Auschwitz for some reason it really bothers me. Some things should not be spoken. Also the catalog of cruelty often came off the same way that sensationalistic journalism comes off; it almost makes light of the cruelty by attempting to understand it.

Must also recommend any book by Elmore Leonard or Thomas Wolfe
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5.0 out of 5 stars Choose this book, Jan 6 2007
By Garrick O. (Vermont) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sophies Choice (Paperback)
Although Styron is obviously influenced by such dubious writers as Thomas Wolfe and Faulkner, he nonetheless avoids the delusional granduer of the former and the pervasive annoyingness of the latter. Yet he does have a noticeably Southern style that is breezy and calming; he writes with seemingly no effort.

Being the southern gentleman that he is, I was surprised and impressed by the skill with which Styron wrote of male lust; it preoccupied the narrator to a frenzied yet comic extent and any writer who can write of male lust well will get a tip of the hat from me.

I've been reading a lot of contemporary fiction lately and Styron has a refreshing moral seriousness (and not at the expence of intelligence or art) that many writers now do not attempt. The antithesis of this type of writing would be someone like John Barth, who in his own plodding adademic way seems to think that he himself is very clever and funny. Styron seems to have the weight of the world on his poor shoulders, and in this respect, and in the clarity of his descriptions, he reminds me of Tolstoy.

However I am wary of writers who often take on humungous subjects which they have no intimate, personal experience with. And this is the main thing that bothered me about Sophie's Choice. I of course understand that writers must tackle things they have no experience of (unless they are alarmingly solipsistic and self-absorbed, like Updike) but when a writer living in the comforts of America goes on and on about Auschwitz for some reason it really bothers me. Some things should not be spoken. Also the catalog of cruelty often came off the same way that sensationalistic journalism comes off; it almost makes light of the cruelty by attempting to understand it.

Must also recommend any book by Elmore Leonard or Thomas Wolfe


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5.0 out of 5 stars Earth shattering
I've only read one other book that was as jaw-dropping and mind blowing as this one, and that was THE BARK OF THE DOGWOOD with its themes of child abuse, southernisms, and... Read more
Published on Feb 11 2005 by J.Jones

5.0 out of 5 stars One of my favorites
My mom recommended this book to me (having only seen the movie herself), and I thought it was wonderful. Read more
Published on Jul 8 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars John Gardner compared it to Shakespeare
One of my favorite novels, one, as the years go by, to which I inevitably return, lifting the volume (a hardcover first edition) idly from my shelf and leafing through its pages,... Read more
Published on May 21 2004 by Gunter

5.0 out of 5 stars I'm blown away . . .
What a book! What a movie! How could anyone NOT like anything Styron wrote, especially this masterpiece? Read more
Published on Feb 6 2004

1.0 out of 5 stars Where is the story?
I was recommended to read this book. I did. And I was awfully disappointed. The language was very coarse ~~ it doesn't do any justice to the English language at all. Read more
Published on Nov 14 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars A Truly Great Novel
It's not surprising that Sophie's Choice is considered by many to be one of the great novels of the twentieth century. Read more
Published on Feb 27 2003

4.0 out of 5 stars Chilling
A chilling depiction of how the Holocaust's reign of terror extended far beyond life in concentration camps. Read more
Published on Dec 30 2002 by David Farber

5.0 out of 5 stars Masterfully written story of a tragic life
I made the decision to read Sophie's Choice after revisiting the Modern Library's 100 best books of the 20th century. Read more
Published on Oct 25 2002 by Virgil

5.0 out of 5 stars Masterfully written story of a tragic life
I made the decision to read Sophie's Choice after revisiting the Modern Library's 100 best books of the 20th century. Read more
Published on Oct 25 2002 by Virgil

5.0 out of 5 stars Incomprehensible evil
William Styron's Sophie's Choice presents the most awful choice a parent could ever make. Why that choice had to be made, and why Stingo, the man relating the story, cannot... Read more
Published on Sep 30 2002 by pjstudent

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