Someone to Run With: A Novel
by David Grossman
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Author: David GrossmanTranslator: Vered Almog
Translator: Maya Gurantz
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-02-01
ISBN: 031242194X
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: Picador
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Book Review: The best years of our lives
Summary: 5 Stars
The fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm were, well, grim. At least before they were Disnified. The magic in them arises, not just from a world of fantasy, but from a place of real danger, of angst, of potential warring against tragedy. Mr. Grossman's "young adult" novel is a worthy successor to this impressive and universal canon.
Yes, Someone to Run with has those few moments of Afterschool Special moralizing, where we learn to have courage, to stand unbowed before peer pressure, to not take drugs. Yet this book does not feel contrived, as the two 15-year-olds who do not even know each other (yet) move closer to finding each other, and to finding themselves as adults.
It's an adventure story, a love story; a story spun by a master storyteller. I've read many of Grossman's adult novels (Be My Knife, The Book of Intimate Grammar, See Under: Love), and each time, I was blown away by a world-class talent, but also deeply disturbed as he plumbed the crippling depths of pain and loneliness and despair. Compared to these others, Someone to Run With may perhaps appear trite. But what can I say? -- I feel such a deep affection for this book. The scene where... no, no spoilers. Buy a copy for your brainy 15-year-old niece or nephew -- but make sure to read it first. You might not enjoy it any more than they will, but you may *appreciate* it on a deeper level -- perhaps.
The best years of our lives were the years we thought we could grow up to be anything -- even if we didn't believe in it, even if we didn't know how. This is a book about those years.
And did I mention it's also a helluva lot of fun?
Summary of Someone to Run With: A Novel
The story of a lost dog, and the discovery of first love on the streets of Jerusalem are portrayed here with a gritty realism that is as fresh as it is compelling.
When awkward and painfully shy sixteen-year-old Assaf is asked to find the owner of a stray yellow lab, he begins a quest that will bring him into contact with street kids and criminals, and a talented young singer, Tamar, engaged on her own mission: to rescue a teenage drug addict.
A runaway bestseller in Israel, in the words of the Christian Science Monitor: ?It?s time for Americans to fall in love with Someone to Run With.?
When awkward and painfully shy sixteen-year-old Assaf is asked to find the owner of a stray yellow lab, he begins a quest that will bring him into contact with street kids and criminals, and a talented young singer, Tamar, engaged on her own mission: to rescue a teenage drug addict.
A runaway bestseller in Israel, in the words of the Christian Science Monitor: ?It?s time for Americans to fall in love with Someone to Run With.?
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