Review: Carribean
Redaktioneller Bericht - Kirkus ReviewsIs anywhere on earth safe from Michener's roving eye? His latest conquest, the Caribbean Sea and its two dozen major islands, presents a typical clash of cultures--native Caribbean, Spanish, French, British, Rastaferian, American (or norteamericano, as one character admonishes)--that go on clashing for 700 pages. The generational approach of Michener's earliest books doesn't work here because the canvas is too broad and the time-span (1310-1989) too long. What we're given instead is essentially a series of longish short stories about characters who express the contradictions of the region and are usually destroyed by them: Bakmu, the peaceful Arawak whose prowess in games doesn't protect him from Caribe cannibals; real-life explorers Christopher Columbus, John Hawkins, and Francis Drake; Cavalier partisan Isaac Tatum, his Roundhead brother Will, and their privateer nephew Ned Pennyfeather; Paul Lanzerac and Solange Vauclain, guillotined by the Revolution; free-colored Xavier and Julie Pr‚mord, caught between Haitian blacks who distrust them and Haitain whites who despise them; Ranjit Banarjee, victim of his attempts to keep US officials from sending him back to Trinidad; and Cuban ‚migr‚s Steve and Kate Calderon, whose small attempt to open diplomatic lines with Fidel Castro are met with summary justice. As usual in Michener, some family names are repeated, and the cruise in the final chapter brings together descendants of many of the earlier characters; also as usual, sledgehammer foreshadowing and repetitious moralizing take the place of thematic development. Michener is always Michener: this almanac in narrative form will give his huge following a lot of new information painlessly without putting them through any deeply imagined fictional experience. (Endpaper maps, not seen).
Review: Caribbean
Nutzerbericht - Max Skidmore - GoodreadsAs with all the James Michener books that I have read, I thoroughly enjoyed this one as well. The format is similar to all of his books: historical, entertaining and good story telling. I deduced to ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
Review: Caribbean
Nutzerbericht - Stephanie Fort - Goodreadsreally long but really interesting. you have to enjoy historical Vollständige Rezension lesen
Review: Caribbean
Nutzerbericht - Eddy Allen - GoodreadsMaster storyteller James A. Michener sweeps us off to the Caribbean,with a magnificent novel that captures the eternal allure of that glittering string of islands and their tumultuous history ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
Review: Caribbean
Nutzerbericht - Dane Nelson - GoodreadsExcellent book. My brother gave me a copy for my 18th birthday, and though I never loved reading, or history, James certainly captured me. It took me months to read such a "large" book (more than 1000 pages...Man!), but I did, because James kept me wanting to read the next chapter. Vollständige Rezension lesen
Review: Caribbean
Nutzerbericht - Michael King - GoodreadsI learned more about Caribbean history in this book than I ever did in all the courses I have ever taken involving the slave trade, European colonial history, or the Atlantic world. Michener's ability ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
Review: Caribbean
Nutzerbericht - GoodreadsThe Islands who was very important for Spain,French,England and Holland the money the sailors and pirates got there was Europes startcapital for great wars between many countries and Kingdoms and ...
Review: Caribbean
Nutzerbericht - Lani - GoodreadsI absolutely ADORED Hawaii and have picked up some other Michener books for free since. None have lived up to Hawaii, but there are certainly some enjoyable bits in the 800 pages of Caribbean. I ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
Review: Caribbean
Nutzerbericht - Shannon - GoodreadsI can't put the book down because the story is so good, but at the same time I'm learning parts of the real history of the Caribbean. Classic Michener. Vollständige Rezension lesen
