The Prince of Tides : A Novel (Paperback)

from andyray

this is a modern dickinsonian novel, and one is damaged by seeing the movie first. There is sooo much more in the book, but you have tasted the heavy nectar of the Hollywood Gods and you await such-and-such a scene. Drags some. But if I had the sense of a drunken goose I'd have read the book firs...

from LisaMaria_C

Don't hold the film against the book. Rereading this I was reminded from the very first line why I loved it so much: My wound is geography. How can you not read on after a line like that one? And it's a fitting line, because the work does deal with two places as much as any human character: small...

from foof2you

Jimmy Buffett wrote a song called the "Prince of Tides" where he recites a quote from the book. At the time I did not know there was a book by this name and it took the movie comming out for me to realize the connection. I saw the movie and then read the book. I really liked the book. The tension...

from DLayton

I read this book in high school after seeing the movie. Many times once you know the story (in movie form) it isn't work the time (for me) to read the book as well. This situation was so different. The book is probably the longest book I volunteered myself to read in high school. I stuck with it,...

from donnagalanti

Pat Conroy is a master at lyrical prose that digs deep without letting go. At times it takes him awhile to get around and about but the path along the way is the reward. Its to be savored - and passages read again. This book was beautiful and horrifying at the same time. Tragic and yet there is h...