The Story of Edgar Sawtelle: A Novel
 

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle: A Novel

by David Wroblewski

Amazon Best of the Month, June 2008: It's gutsy for a debut novelist to offer a modern take on Hamlet set in rural Wisconsin--particularly one in which the young hero, born mute, communicates with people, dogs, and the occasional ghost through his own mix of sign and body language. But David Wroblewski's extraordinary way with language in The Story of Edgar Sawtelle immerses readers in a... (read more)

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BayShoreBooks
  • Rated 4 stars

I feel as if I am in mourning today. For Edgar and Almondine. For the unfortunate end of their story. A story filled with such passion and fury and loneliness and longing. A story I foolishly believed would come to it’s conclusion long after I lost interest and was ready to read the happily ever after and move on to the next. There is no moving on from Edgar Sawtelle. He will be with me now for the rest of my days. I can only envy David Wroblewski who completed his life’s purpose with...

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Michael I
  • Rated 2 stars

The author took nearly 600 pages to tell a story he could have told in 300. Very long and overdone.

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  • Angela H

    angela h said:

    Check out this link of Diane Rehm's interview of the author: http://wamu.org/programs/dr/08/06/29.php#21689

    posted Monday, July 7 2008
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