Still reading, and enjoying, the Ambersons. The novel has indeed been tracking the (still young) life and times of George Minafer, who is currently in love with the daughter of a fellow who is working on horseless carriages - he calls them automobiles - who also happens to be George's mother's first love. The plot thickens, and how!
So, I mentioned that this book won the Pulitzer. I believe it. When Ashley and I watched Citizen Kane for the first time last week, I felt like I was watching such a beautifully crafted thing...I really was awestruck (especially the scene in the newsroom with Kane and the girls dancing in the background...Good Lord). There's something similar about Ambersons (in more ways than one, come to think of it) in it's straight-forward brilliance. Tarkington is so subtle, so funny, that one really does feel swept along with the characters.
I hope to finish this book and move on to the next one during my long birthday weekend, which starts in about five hours. I'd also like to post some choice selections from the novel when I next post.
(Lest we get too highbrow around here, we watched Knocked Up last night, which was better than Anchorman, but not as good as The 40 Year Old Virgin or Citizen Kane.)
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