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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9780679736370 ISBN: 0679736379 Label: Vintage Manufacturer: Vintage Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 576 Publication Date: March 03, 1992 Publisher: Vintage Release Date: March 03, 1992 Studio: Vintage Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Undercut By The X Rating. This book is on the Modern Library's Top 100 List. I thought the overall story was good, and for the most part I enjoyed reading this novel. I did not enjoy the vulgarity used throughout the book, I think the use of the F-word and the C-word, make any novel trashy. I also dislike how certain aspects of the book seem to be arbitrarily and capriciously thrown into the story that overall ends up losing a lot of the power the narrative portrays. It's cheesy at times. I also think Styron could have done ... Read More Rating:  - sad, but not fulfillingSophie's choice is a very engrossing novel, well written and poetic. The momentum towards the core of the novel, i.e. Sophie's choice, is masterfully built. But I felt very let down about the fact that Styron does not go into a more detailed analysis of Sophie's decision as he does with the man who compelled her to choose. Part of what made the novel unputdownable was that Styron entices the reader with promises of fascinating and shocking revelations throughout the novel. However, every time the revelations ... Read More Rating: - 4.5 stars. Please read this!No spoilers. I will not offer here a summary of this book, because clearly that has been done before by other reviewers; I will simply briefly state my opinions of Sophie's Choice. If, by some chance, you are just now coming across this novel, I am jealous of you because you are ignorant of just how engrossed you are about to become in the story and lives of Syron's characters. This novel, at various times, either made me smile with delight, or had my mouth wide open with shock. Sophie's ... Read More Rating:  - Outstanding Piece of LiteratureSophie's Choice (Modern Library) Outstanding piece of literature. Somehow It makes me believe that a great portion of this accomplishment is not fiction at all, but a real life story with characters that get so much into the deepest inner self of the reader inciting him to not want to stop reading. There are three aspects of this production extraordinarily remarkable: Firstly, the use of great prose and vocabulary. Styron plays with words to conceive the greatest work of description I have ... Read More Rating: - Don't be afraid to read this bookI was reluctant to pick up this book because of the depressing nature of the story but Styron was able to express the joy of simply being alive despite the harsh realities of our world. The characters are all sublimely passionate and have stayed with me for 15 years. The writing is so rich that it verges on poetry. Every word is well chosen and thoughtful. I often thought of Faulkner as I was reading this and was shocked to realize that Styron easily holds his weight in comparison. Sophie's Choice is ... Read More 
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