Coming of age stories?
06-16-02, 08:44 PM
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Coming of age stories?
I am looking for some good coming of age stories/stories about teenage angst. I really would enjoy some good summer reading, since I am usely up late at night with nothing better to do after I get off work. I really liked Catcher in the Rye so if some of you could recommend some stuff along those lines it would be much appreciated, thanks for the help.
06-16-02, 10:22 PM
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One good coming of age book I remember from my teenaged years is called, strangely enough, A Coming of Age. Science Fiction, by Timothy Zahn. Still out of print, I see, but Amazon has used copies starting at 95 cents and Half at 75 cents.
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There is some book called, "The Many Perks of Being a Wallflower," but I can't remember who wrote it because I haven't read it yet! Haha, but its supposed to be a story about some high school student searching for himself.
Some girl (that I really don't like) suggested I read it, and she thinks that she is some literature guru. Don't blame me if it sucks though.
Some girl (that I really don't like) suggested I read it, and she thinks that she is some literature guru. Don't blame me if it sucks though.
06-18-02, 06:56 AM
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This is an old staple: "A&P" by John Updike.
It's in his story collection "Pigeon Feathers."
It's in his story collection "Pigeon Feathers."
06-18-02, 09:38 AM
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A Model World and The Mysteries of Pittsburgh by Michael Chabon
Ghost Writer and Goodbye, Columbus by Philip Roth
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
Look Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe
The Last Gentleman by Walker Percy
Ghost Writer and Goodbye, Columbus by Philip Roth
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
Look Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe
The Last Gentleman by Walker Percy
06-18-02, 05:33 PM
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Originally posted by Charlie Goose
Then Again, Maybe I Won't by Judy Blume
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Then Again, Maybe I Won't by Judy Blume
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Wow! That was the first thing I thought of when I saw the thread title.
06-27-02, 12:28 PM
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Originally posted by fallow
There is some book called, "The Many Perks of Being a Wallflower," but I can't remember who wrote it because I haven't read it yet! Haha, but its supposed to be a story about some high school student searching for himself.
Some girl (that I really don't like) suggested I read it, and she thinks that she is some literature guru. Don't blame me if it sucks though.
There is some book called, "The Many Perks of Being a Wallflower," but I can't remember who wrote it because I haven't read it yet! Haha, but its supposed to be a story about some high school student searching for himself.
Some girl (that I really don't like) suggested I read it, and she thinks that she is some literature guru. Don't blame me if it sucks though.
It was a better-than-average coming of age story. Quite casually written and little more current that "Catcher in the Rye", I would recommend it.
I would also suggest Burger Wuss - M. T. Anderson. It's a very quick read, tons of angst there.
06-27-02, 06:29 PM
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Originally posted by Alien Redrum
Wow! That was the first thing I thought of when I saw the thread title.
Wow! That was the first thing I thought of when I saw the thread title.
Honk!
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Gotta weigh in with some Steve-
The "short" stories "The Body" and "Apt Pupil" from "Different Seasons" ("The Body, IMO, being the much better of the two) - Stephen King
"It" - Stephen King
The "short" stories "The Body" and "Apt Pupil" from "Different Seasons" ("The Body, IMO, being the much better of the two) - Stephen King
"It" - Stephen King
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Well the 'Hyperion' thread jogged my memory. How about 'Summer of Night' by Dan Simmons. It's similar to the McCammon book (but nowhere near as good) i.e. teenage/supernatural. Actually this could be a whole new/different thread now that I think about it.....
07-26-02, 07:00 PM
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The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner.
Excellent novel with great characters and situations concerning bildungsroman.
It is my favorite novel and I can read it anytime. Faulkner's style is so original and inventive. The chapter on Quentin (#1, the son) consists of a stream of consciousness and mostly has no punctuation at all.
His transformation from farm boy to Harvard student to (*read novel*) is so heartbreaking and exciting at the same time.
Excellent novel with great characters and situations concerning bildungsroman.
It is my favorite novel and I can read it anytime. Faulkner's style is so original and inventive. The chapter on Quentin (#1, the son) consists of a stream of consciousness and mostly has no punctuation at all.
His transformation from farm boy to Harvard student to (*read novel*) is so heartbreaking and exciting at the same time.
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