Paul Beatty applies a sharp wit and satirical (though compassionate) eye to the denizens of East Harlem. When Winston calls Big Brothers because he feels the need for adult, male guidance (having been neglected by his Panther father who was too busy handing out food and flyers), the Black rabbi Spencer Throckmorton (an assimilated, suburban, Loggins & Messina/Art Garfunkel-listening Mr. Pumblechuck), the two set out to change Tuffy’s life.Chris Rock once explained that all African-Americans are bi-lingual. It is good writing, though, and there are lots of humorous tidbits in the story - of course, none that I can remember right now, even though I thought they were so funny at the time - so worth reading. Les cookies assurent le bon fonctionnement de Babelio. As a 300+ pound drug dealing thug, Winston "Tuffy" Foshay is an unlikely hero. The poignancy of the ending got me. I definitely still want to read the rest of Beatty's work.Three stars and a bit more for sure. his poetry is over my head, i am pretty bright but there's definitly a ceiling on my perception level, so I was glad that he wrote a novel in a genre I understand better. The narrative takes us from the opening scene of death in Brooklyn to hope in Manhattan by way of the "stoop", the "hood", "Riker's" and everywhere in between.TUFF is a 300 pound black man from Harlem with a wife and baby who called Big Brothers to get a Mentor.
He sticks the landing and this one is great from start to finish.
Probablement mal connue ou jamais assez bien décrite, sans doute.
Categorie: Narrativa straniera, eBook, In evidenza Tag: Le strade. The narrative takes us from the opening scene of death in BChris Rock once explained that all African-Americans are bi-lingual.
In particular I felt like the Black Rabbi could have been more sympathetic, the old Black Panthers... just leave them out completely, would have been my advice.
But to me- the book wore on as it went on. It is good writing, though, and there are lots of humorous tidbits in the story - of course, none that I can remember right now, even though I thought they were so funny at the time - so worth reading. They all seem like people I know.First, I did not like the story, not in the least. For Winston language was an extension of his soul. I'm interested in reading another book by Paul Beatty in the future. This was followed by another book of poetry, Joker, Joker, Deuce (1994), and appearances performing his poetry on MTV and PBS (in the series The United States of Poetry). It's not concerned with being the "typical urban ghetto slice-of-life novel" (and indeed, it upsets the conventions of said genre, in ways that are often humorous but always truthful). I found myself thinking in phrases that mimicked the protagonist.
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