The Maytrees: A Novel
 

The Maytrees: A Novel

by Annie Dillard


Toby Maytree first sees Lou Bigelow on her bicycle in postwar Provincetown, Massachusetts. Her laughter and loveliness catch his breath. Maytree is a Provincetown native, an educated poet of thirty. As he courts Lou, just out of college, her stillness draws him. Hands-off, he hides his serious wooing, and idly shows her his poems.

In spare, elegant prose, Dillard traces the... (read more)

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Storyweaver
  • Rated 4 stars

I'm reading slowly. Each sentence is a jewel, but the book as a whole seems long and somewhat disjointed. Annie Dillard has long been a favorite author of mine. Her HOLY THE FIRM is one of my favorite all-time books. If I could read this book as non-fiction, I would like it even more. But her narrative voice is way too slow.

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Bill
  • Rated 2 stars

I really tried to like this book, but just couldn't stay interested to the end. Beautiful writing, but I never developed any attachment to the characters.

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  • rivrpath

    rivrpath said:

    This is a beautiful book with language that lingers with you. It dealss with real people with real lives who love and live as best they can, being human. I read this through and then read it again from cover to cover. I was caught up in the characters, the story and thexsquisite language.

    posted 11 days ago
  • Jan M

    jan m said:

    I heard about this book--and listened to an interview with Annie Dillard--on Morning Edition (PBS) over the weekend. Sounds like a great read! Would love to hear comments.

    posted Wednesday, August 1 2007 ( | view 1 reply )
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