Tinkers

Locations
Call Number: Fiction / Harding, Paul, Adult Book / Fiction / General / Harding, Paul
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Fiction / Harding, Paul	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Fiction / Harding, Paul	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Fiction / Harding, Paul	4-week checkout	Due 05-19-2024
Malletts Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / General / Harding, Paul	4-week checkout	Due 05-20-2024
Westgate Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / General / Harding, Paul	4-week checkout	Due 05-21-2024
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COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Ehh.. submitted by Tee Chuan on August 2, 2011, 6:06pm Pultizer prize? Really? This book is more like random ramblings and life story of a person I don't
find interesting.

winner?? submitted by unknown on August 9, 2011, 9:24am Can't believe this rambling novel won the Pulitzer Prize.

Beautiful writing submitted by besimer on July 8, 2013, 11:35am This novel is NOT rambling. It can be challenging to get into at the beginning because the author flows through different perspectives and because some of it is written in stream of consciousness. The main character is hallucinating after all! There are passages so beautiful that I had to read them aloud to those around me. After the half-way point I was completely engrossed. Wonderful writing.

Well Deserved submitted by unknown on July 20, 2014, 8:17pm Some of the comments here claim this book is undeserving of the Pulitzer. I am curious if they were reading the same book as I was. I found the writing beautiful and captivating. The scenes, especially between father and son, made me grip the pages with tension, and even stop for a moment to exhale while contemplating what I just read. The clock references while seemingly out of place actually provide an interesting side narrative. I look forward to the next work by Harding.

Liked not loved submitted by EJZ on July 21, 2018, 10:21am This is the sort of book I usually fall head over heels for, but for some reason I only liked Tinkers, and couldn't fall in love completely.

I think the author tries to touch on quite a few topics where language fails to encompass the entirety of experience, such as death, epileptic seizures, love and its end; Harding does a great job relating these transcendent experiences in a way that is both meaningful and emotional.

Unfortunately the language gets bogged down at times, as when the author is layering image upon image, and symbol upon symbol. It makes for a dense read that commands your full attention, which I at present was sadly unable to give it.