The Paris Years of Rosie Kamin
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Book Overview
Named one of 1998's best novels by the Toronto Star and Philadelphia Enquirer, this story takes the reader far into a Paris seldom visited in literature to tell a poignant tale of love and loss and... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1883642590
ISBN13:9781883642594
Release Date:January 1999
Publisher:Steerforth Press
Length:218 Pages
Weight:0.50 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.0" x 7.5"
Customer Reviews
4 ratings
From a proud student of Richard's!!!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
I was a Creative Writing student of Richard Teleky's not too long ago. Of course, as soon the novel was available, I rushed out to purchase it, and do no regret doing so. Teleky executes a wondrous ability to shape and reveal his characters through the minutiae of commonplace events, rich dialogue and psychological self-probing. In other words, he is able to take a complex personality and nail it down by a single sentence. Not many writers are capable of such a literary feat. Again and again Richard has proven to me - and to many of his students, both previous and recent - that his talent for writing itself is best shared not only with young aspiring writers, but with the world in its entirey.
I loved this story.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
I've read the book three times, and I bought it in hardcover to reread again. I just loved it. Rosie and her sister, her boyfriend Serge, their friends, Benyoub and his cousin, the streets of Paris, the worries Rosie has, the countryside scenes, are so realistic. I read the book, then a year later, I made my first trip to Paris. How Teleky described Paris was so exact, although very, and beautifully, subtle. I felt that I knew where I was. We stayed in the Marais district and felt I'd been there. We walked through the district where Rosie lived, and I knew where I was. I bought the book for my sister and she loved it, too. I'll give it as a gift again. I wish Richard Teleky would write more fiction.
a lucid depiction of life's bitter reality
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
Amid the common presumptuous indulgence to paris's irresistable romanic aroma this book delivers the bitter reality of life. A book that engulfs many existing but hidden dilemma in the city of love that many of us are just unaware of. A good read but not something that will lift your christmas spirit.
A Supreme Original!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
Teleky's fiction is both imaginative and emotive; his prose has a grace and natural verve that evokes the moment wonderfully.Teleky is a supreme original, although not--as far as I know--one of the original Supremes.A must read.
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