Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

Paperback, 417 pages

English language

Published Jan. 27, 1997 by Random House.

ISBN:
978-0-449-91135-8
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OCLC Number:
36297420

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Folksy and fresh, endearing and affecting, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe is the now-classic novel of two women in the 1980s; of gray-headed Mrs. Threadgoode telling her life story to Evelyn, who is in the sad slump of middle age. The tale she tells is also of two women--of the irrepressibly daredevilish tomboy Idgie and her friend Ruth--who back in the thirties ran a little place in Whistle Stop, Alabama, a Southern kind of Cafe Wobegon offering good barbecue and good coffee and all kinds of love and laughter, even an occasional murder. And as the past unfolds, the present--for Evelyn and for us--will never be quite the same again...

--back cover

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Incredibly Enjoyable, Even If Problematic

This book is really well-written, and the structure employed in it really has the feel of both talking to a grandparent (whether or not they're actually your own) and/or the local town gossip. I love this about this book because it makes it just so easy to read through.

I also love that one of the core elements of the story (one that, if people know about Fried Green Tomatoes, is the most well-known) is just kind of... tossed out there a couple times and in ways that make a person go "Wait, did she just say what I think she said?"

But I do find it incredibly difficult to recommend. Part of it is because I know people can find its use of racist and ableist slurs frustrating and bothersome (which I also can completely understand). While it's understandable that sometimes the perspectives match with the characterisation, there are …

Pomodori verdi fritti al caffè di Whistle Stop

Che succede quando si incontrano una donna alla fine della vita ma che ha goduto appieno del suo tempo e una donna bloccata in una routine che le fa vedere tutto nero? Succede che ci si ritrova a fare un viaggio nostalgico nel passato e a muovere i primi passi in un futuro che sembra la barzelletta di un pessimo comico tanto sembra improbabile.

Pomodori verdi fritti al caffè di Whistle Stop è la storia di un mondo dove volersi bene e supportarsi a vicenda al di là di ogni differenza era normale e di come la trasmissione di quel diverso modo di essere possa far del bene a chi ha smarrito la strada e non sa bene come andare avanti con la sua vita.

Evelyn ha fatto tutto quello che chi ci sarebbe aspettatə da una donna: ha rispettato il manuale alla lettera. Eppure, a quarantotto anni, non si …

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So, I still teared up a little. but mostly I wished there had been more about Idgie and Ruth. I found the non-linear storytelling to be a bit distracting, and Evelyn wasn't interesting until the last 50 pages or so. But Idgie and Ruth and all their loved ones were fascinating. Also, the lack of treatment Ruth's death received was just rude. She and Idgie both deserved more than that. the ending didn't offer much closure, and posed more questions. This is one instance where the movie might be more satisfying.

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  • Female friendship -- Alabama -- Fiction
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