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Homer & Langley
by E.L. Doctorow
"Our every act of opposition and assertion of our self-reliance, every instance of our creativity and resolute expression of our principle was in service of our ruination”
This is the story of two brothers, based on two real life brothers, Homer and Langley Collyer, and their lives from the affluent birth to their paranoia-fueled demise. The elder brother suffers from severe OCD while the other learns to navigate their ever increasing hoard without sight. I feel this book encapsulates both the freedoms and loneliness of a reclusive life, sometimes with shocking clarity. There were moment when Homer discussed their overflowing collection and I swear I could smell the mildewed papers and feel the claustrophobic atmosphere creep in around me. However, ever hopeful as Homer, I rejoiced on the occasions he was able to escape his life, even if it was just a stranger in the park. Slow to start, but almost impossible to put down, their lives are a walk through time. Though the real brothers passed away in the 1940s, their fictional counterparts have brief interludes with society during both World Wars, Prohibition, Vietnam, and the free love era.
This is the story of two brothers, based on two real life brothers, Homer and Langley Collyer, and their lives from the affluent birth to their paranoia-fueled demise. The elder brother suffers from severe OCD while the other learns to navigate their ever increasing hoard without sight. I feel this book encapsulates both the freedoms and loneliness of a reclusive life, sometimes with shocking clarity. There were moment when Homer discussed their overflowing collection and I swear I could smell the mildewed papers and feel the claustrophobic atmosphere creep in around me. However, ever hopeful as Homer, I rejoiced on the occasions he was able to escape his life, even if it was just a stranger in the park. Slow to start, but almost impossible to put down, their lives are a walk through time. Though the real brothers passed away in the 1940s, their fictional counterparts have brief interludes with society during both World Wars, Prohibition, Vietnam, and the free love era.