The Warriors

The Warriors
by Sol Yurick

The Warriors
List Price: $14.00
Our Price: $6.98
You Save: $7.02 (50%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $3.33 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions


(Click here)
Buy this book at online book store in your country
Canada | UK | Germany | France

Book Summary Information

Author: Sol Yurick
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-04
ISBN: 0802139922
Number of pages: 224
Publisher: Grove Press

Book Reviews of The Warriors

Book Review: Belongs with Catcher in the Rye and Lord of the Flies
Summary: 5 Stars

This novel is actually quite good. In the beginning it feels a bit campy and maybe reads like an uninformed idyll. I couldn't imagine today's gangs coming together in a park and I have doubts as to whether or not street gangs of the sixties could even entertain the notion. I guess the mechanism used is a bit clumsy but it does get the story going and create the parrallels between a "modern" day street-gang and the isolated greek warriors of The Anabasis, which inspired this novel.

Once we get away from the structure of the novel and into the moment to moment exchanges betweeen the characters and their environment, it all becomes rather real. There is something incredible about the way the story moves from covering the collective "group" perspective into filtering through and following the individual remnants that leaves both Catcher in the Rye (with its singular perspective) and Lord of the Flies (with its various group perspectives) feeling a little flat.

By the time the main character, Hinton is strolling through the Times Square arcades, he is every bit as well realized as Mr. Caulfield and the environment is as vivid as any ever penned.

Yurick like Salinger, knows his subject, and although at first glance some of the behavior may seem foreign and far-fetched, it is really a matter of being reminded of both how young these "Warriors" actually are, and like the Geek soldiers that they imitate, how the blood on their hands does little to diminish their actual innocene. It is really a process of realizing how fast we mature and the devastating effect of maturity on our imagination.

I highly recommend the book but be warned, if your expecting the baseball furies to pop out at the park with bats-a-swinging, you may be a bit dissapointed, although shot on location in New York, Hollywood definitely has its influence.

There are moments where the movie does appear to reflect the novel, and these moments only set you up for great surprises when the watered-down movie takes the easy way out, the novel trudges forward; bold and unashamed.

Summary of The Warriors

The basis for the cult-classic film The Warriors chronicles one New York City gang's nocturnal journey through the seedy, dangerous subways and city streets of the 1960s. Every gang in the city meets on a sweltering July 4 night in a Bronx park for a peace rally. The crowd of miscreants turns violent after a prominent gang leader is killed and chaos prevails over the attempt at order. The Warriors follows the Dominators making their way back to their home territory without being killed. The police are prowling the city in search of anyone involved in the mayhem. An exhilarating novel that examines New York City teenagers, left behind by society, who form identity and personal strength through their affiliation with their "family," The Warriors weaves together social commentary with ancient legends for a classic coming-of-age tale. This edition includes a new introduction by the author.

United States Books

Book Subjects
Most talked about in United States Books
Mirth of a Nation: The Best Contemporary Humor ImageMirth of a Nation: The Best Contemporary Humor
by Michael J. Rosen
Harper Paperbacks; Published: 2000-02-02; Paperback; Book
Best price: $0.01
Price in other shops: $15.95
The Gifts of the Body ImageThe Gifts of the Body
by Rebecca Brown
Harper Perennial; Published: 1995-08-04; Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.58
Price in other shops: $12.00
Love and Lies ImageLove and Lies
by Kimberla Lawson Roby
William Morrow; Published: 2007-01-30; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $4.96
Price in other shops: $23.95
Blues Dancing: A Novel ImageBlues Dancing: A Novel
by Diane Mckinney-Whetstone
HarperTorch; Published: 2005-03-29; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $9.55
Red, White & Liberal: How Left Is Right & Right Is Wrong ImageRed, White & Liberal: How Left Is Right & Right Is Wrong
by Alan Colmes
William Morrow Paperbacks; Published: 2004-10-12; Paperback; Book
Best price: $0.01
Price in other shops: $14.95
Hunger Point: A Novel ImageHunger Point: A Novel
by Jillian Medoff
Harpercollins; Published: 1997-02; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $2.00
Price in other shops: $24.00
The Price of Blood ImageThe Price of Blood
by Chuck Logan
Harpercollins; Published: 1997-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $28.49
Blue Hour: Poems ImageBlue Hour: Poems
by Carolyn Forche
Harper Perennial; Published: 2004-03; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.22
Price in other shops: $13.99
Blue Suburbia: Almost a Memoir ImageBlue Suburbia: Almost a Memoir
by Laurie Albanese
Harper Perennial; Published: 2004-03-16; Paperback; Book
Best price: $0.01
Price in other shops: $12.99
The Kindness of Strangers: A Novel ImageThe Kindness of Strangers: A Novel
by Katrina Kittle
William Morrow; Published: 2006-01-31; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $3.70
Price in other shops: $24.95
Similar Books and other products
Anabasis (The Persian Expedition) ImageAnabasis (The Persian Expedition)
by Xenophon
Digireads.com; Published: 2009-01-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $9.06
Price in other shops: $10.99
The Sea! The Sea!: The Shout of the Ten Thousand in the Modern Imagination ImageThe Sea! The Sea!: The Shout of the Ten Thousand in the Modern Imagination
by Tim Rood
Overlook Hardcover; Published: 2005-03-03; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $4.67
Price in other shops: $35.00
The Wanderers ImageThe Wanderers
Warner Brothers; Release date: 2002-09-03; DVD
Best price: $14.90
Price in other shops: $19.98
The Expedition of Cyrus (Oxford World's Classics) ImageThe Expedition of Cyrus (Oxford World's Classics)
by Xenophon
Oxford University Press, USA; Published: 2009-11-02; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.99
Price in other shops: $14.95
The Warriors ImageThe Warriors
Rockstar Games; Rockstar Games; Release date: 2010-09-20; Published: 2010-12; Sony PSP; Video Games
Best price: $8.50
Price in other shops: $9.99
The Warriors ImageThe Warriors
Rockstar Games; Rockstar Games; Release date: 2006-09-08; PlayStation2; Video Games
Best price: $76.95
The Wanderers ImageThe Wanderers
by Richard Price
Mariner Books; Published: 1999-04-15; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.07
Price in other shops: $14.95
The Wanderers ImageThe Wanderers
by Richard Price
Mariner Books; Published: 1999-04-15; Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.97
Price in other shops: $14.95
Warriors (Reis) ImageWarriors (Reis)
Release date: 2005-11-08; Music CD
Best price: $2.96
Price in other shops: $5.98
The Warriors (The Ultimate Director's Cut) ImageThe Warriors (The Ultimate Director's Cut)
Paramount; Release date: 2005-10-04; DVD
Best price: $6.20
Price in other shops: $12.98
Book store. Illustrated catalog of books on different categories