New York

the novel

862 pages

English language

Published May 2, 2009 by Doubleday.

ISBN:
978-0-385-52138-3
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3 stars (6 reviews)

A tale set against a backdrop of New York City's history from its founding through the September 11 attacks traces the experiences of characters who witness such periods as the Revolutionary War, the city's emergence as a financial giant, and the Gilded Age.

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Review of 'New York' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

Me apetecía leer algo gordo pero ágil (y facilón, venga) y me recomendaron esta. No suelo leer best-sellers, y esta novela es un buen recordatorio de por qué. A ver, se lee bien, mantiene el interés con altibajos, pero... el estilo es arcáico, el planteamiento ideológico completamente trasnochado, y los personajes parecen los de Érase una vez el hombre.

Más que la historia de la ciudad es la de su aristocracia de sangre, protagonizada por la familia Master (¡Master! ¿se puede ser más obvio?), una saga de comerciantes y banqueros de origen holandés-inglés. En algún momento aparecen también italianos, irlandeses y algún latino... los negros, vistos y no vistos. Uno espera bastante más diversidad de una novela sobre 400 años de historia Nueva York.

En fin, un canto al sueño americano de éxito y superación, bastante de cartón piedra.

Review of 'New York' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

To be honest the book was better than expected. Further, I feel it's kind of strange to believe that too much has been omitted in a book of this length. But yes, for the first time in my life, I think that Rutherfurd should have written a bit more. Especially on less fortunate families than the Master family. New York is just as much about the ones finding The American Dream to be a nightmare as those who prosper.

He does write about slaves, the poor Italians arriving and so on. But these stories fade too much compared to the stories of the upper classes. In my opinion, that is. But all in all, it's a great book.

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Subjects

  • New York (N.Y.) -- History -- Fiction