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A review by saralynnreads1962
The Submission by Amy Waldman
4.0
The best "9/11 novel" I've read so far. Easy to read and yet complex and intriguing. So much that is relevant to our current national conversations.
So far my course for the spring -- Studies in the Novel: The Post 9/11 Experience -- will start with "In the Shadow of No Towers", then read "Falling Man" and "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close", and end with "The Submission." Not sure what else is a must read.
2022 update: Just finished a thrilling class discussion of the last 1/3 of this novel. Many in the class read carefully and thoughtfully, and we could have spent a few weeks just discussing the characters and themes and how it was all so masterfully presented. What the novel as a genre can do! One of the best. SG
So far my course for the spring -- Studies in the Novel: The Post 9/11 Experience -- will start with "In the Shadow of No Towers", then read "Falling Man" and "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close", and end with "The Submission." Not sure what else is a must read.
2022 update: Just finished a thrilling class discussion of the last 1/3 of this novel. Many in the class read carefully and thoughtfully, and we could have spent a few weeks just discussing the characters and themes and how it was all so masterfully presented. What the novel as a genre can do! One of the best. SG