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A review by sharanyasarathy
Fidelity: Five stories by Wendell Berry
5.0
I read this book in 2 days but as soon as I finished I had an urge to read it again slower in order to actually understand what it was telling me.
This book reminded me overwhelmingly of Grapes of Wrath but with a less clear boundary between an older way of life and the modern. I particularly enjoyed the order of the stories, and the way the same characters came circling around until the gathering at the end of the last story.
I found this book so soothing and thought it effectively captured the wistfulness and nostalgia of a bygone time and a small community holding onto those ways and values. At the same time I’d be interested to hear if this is a romanticization of small farming communities in Kentucky and Appalachia.
This book reminded me overwhelmingly of Grapes of Wrath but with a less clear boundary between an older way of life and the modern. I particularly enjoyed the order of the stories, and the way the same characters came circling around until the gathering at the end of the last story.
I found this book so soothing and thought it effectively captured the wistfulness and nostalgia of a bygone time and a small community holding onto those ways and values. At the same time I’d be interested to hear if this is a romanticization of small farming communities in Kentucky and Appalachia.