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List Price: $15.00Price: $6.67 You Save: $8.33 (56%)Prices subject to change.
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 973
Format: Bargain Price
Label: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: February 24, 1977
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Sales Rank: 1133953
Studio: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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If you - like me - never even heard of Frank Conroy before reading his memoir Stop-Time, you'll wonder why his name was not better known. The amazing writing in his coming-of-age story literally stopped me repeatedly, just to re-read his vivid imagery. This imagery makes even his seemingly ordinary scenes ignite our imaginations. Even an something that could be put as simply as "I watched his yo-yo trick" for Conroy becomes "the trick started out like a Cannonball, and then unexpectedly folded up, ... Read More
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At first, I was challenged by Conroy's use of section breaks; I was looking for congruency and thru-line. But when I went back and re-read chapters, wonderful and magical things started happening on a subconscious level. It's like having disjointed dreams that are thematically different, and when you wake up, you can't remember them, but have a particular feeling, perhaps an insight based on some common denominator. Conroy demonstrates this kind of disjointed insight throughout the book, making Stop ... Read More
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When someone writes an autobiographical memoir, if it is honest, he bares his soul. Frank Conroy's soul is unlovely to say the least. He writes without remorse - indeed, boastingly - of his sedulous part in a terrible hazing incident that involved the group beating of a schoolmate to the point of unconsciousness. And then he drags us through his pathetic, sloppy early liasons with girls, as if his experiences are something transcendant and unique just because they are his. One reviewer wrote hysterically ... Read More
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I picked this up around '69 when I was 14-15 and what a great book to read at that time of my life.
I still have my original copy which is falling apart. I'd love to know how many times I've read it.
Its simply a great book.
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What blows me away about "Stop Time" is the ability of the author to capture moments of childhood magic in the midst of a story that makes its existence showing the hollow emptiness of young adulthood. It also is impressively devoid of any overabundance of self-pitty, yet aptly captures a feeling of isolation and loneliness. There are inherent similarities to other notable titles that capture the growing pains of coming of age: "Catcher in the Rye", "Lord of the Flies", "My Fractured Life", and "A Complicated ... Read More
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