Reviews
"E. L. Doctorow [is] always astonishing. . . . In The March , he dreams himself backward from The Book of Daniel to Ragtime to The Waterworks to the Civil War , into the creation myth of the Republic itself, as if to assume the prophetic role of such nineteenth-century writers as Emerson, Melville, Whitman, and Poe."-- Harper's "An Iliad-like portrait of war as a primeval human affliction . . . [welds] the personal and the mythic into a thrilling and poignant story."-- New York Times "Splendid . . . carries us through a multitude of moments of wonder and pity, terror and comedy . . . with an elegiac compassion and prose of a glittering, swift-moving economy." -- The New Yorker "Spellbinding . . . a ferocious re-imagining of the past that returns it to us as something powerful and strange."-- Time, Praise for E. L. Doctorow "E.L. Doctorow is a national treasure." St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Beautifully written, meticulously plotted, scrupulously imagined." The New York Times Book Review, about Sweet Land Stories "In the assured hands of Doctorow, City of God blooms with a humor and a humanity that carries triumphant as intelligent a novel as one might hope to find these days." Los Angeles Times, aboutCity of God "A ferocious feat of the imagination . . . Every scene is perfectly realized and feeds into the wholethe themes and symbols echoing and reverberating." Newsweek, aboutThe Book of Daniel "One devours it in a single sitting." The New York Times, aboutRagtime "Marvelous . . . You get lost in World's Fair as if it were an exotic adventure. You devour it with the avidity usually provoked by a suspense thriller." The New York Times, about World's Fair From the Hardcover edition., Praise for E. L. Doctorow " E.L. Doctorow is a national treasure." - St. Louis Post-Dispatch " Beautifully written, meticulously plotted, scrupulously imagined." - The New York Times Book Review, about Sweet Land Stories " In the assured hands of Doctorow, City of God blooms with a humor and a humanity that carries triumphant as intelligent a novel as one might hope to find these days." - Los Angeles Times, about "City of God" " A ferocious feat of the imagination . . . Every scene is perfectly realized and feeds into the whole- the themes and symbols echoing and reverberating." - Newsweek, about "The Book of Daniel" " One devours it in a single sitting." - The New York Times, about "Ragtime" " Marvelous . . . You get lost in World's Fair as if it were an exotic adventure. You devour it with the avidity usually provoked by a suspense thriller." - The New York Times, about World's Fair "From the Hardcover edition.", "E. L. Doctorow [is] always astonishing. . . . In The March , he dreams himself backward from The Book of Daniel to Ragtime to The Waterworks to the Civil War , into the creation myth of the Republic itself, as if to assume the prophetic role of such nineteenth-century writers as Emerson, Melville, Whitman, and Poe."- Harper's "An Iliad-like portrait of war as a primeval human affliction . . . [welds] the personal and the mythic into a thrilling and poignant story."- New York Times "Splendid . . . carries us through a multitude of moments of wonder and pity, terror and comedy . . . with an elegiac compassion and prose of a glittering, swift-moving economy." - The New Yorker "Spellbinding . . . a ferocious re-imagining of the past that returns it to us as something powerful and strange."- Time, Praise for E. L. Doctorow "E.L. Doctorow is a national treasure." St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Beautifully written, meticulously plotted, scrupulously imagined." The New York Times Book Review, about Sweet Land Stories "In the assured hands of Doctorow, City of God blooms with a humor and a humanity that carries triumphant as intelligent a novel as one might hope to find these days." Los Angeles Times, about City of God "A ferocious feat of the imagination . . . Every scene is perfectly realized and feeds into the wholethe themes and symbols echoing and reverberating." Newsweek, about The Book of Daniel "One devours it in a single sitting." The New York Times, about Ragtime "Marvelous . . . You get lost in World's Fair as if it were an exotic adventure. You devour it with the avidity usually provoked by a suspense thriller." The New York Times, about World's Fair From the Hardcover edition., "E. L. Doctorow [is] always astonishing. . . . In The March , he dreams himself backward from The Book of Daniel to Ragtime to The Waterworks to the Civil War , into the creation myth of the Republic itself, as if to assume the prophetic role of such nineteenth-century writers as Emerson, Melville, Whitman, and Poe."-- Harper's "An Iliad-like portrait of war as a primeval human affliction . . . [welds] the personal and the mythic into a thrilling and poignant story."-- New York Times "Splendid . . . carries us through a multitude of moments of wonder and pity, terror and comedy . . . with an elegiac compassion and prose of a glittering, swift-moving economy." -- The New Yorker "Spellbinding . . . a ferocious re-imagining of the past that returns it to us as something powerful and strange."-- Time, "E. L. Doctorow [is] always astonishing. . . . InThe March, he dreams himself backward fromThe Book of DanieltoRagtimetoThe Waterworksto theCivil War, into the creation myth of the Republic itself, as if to assume the prophetic role of such nineteenth-century writers as Emerson, Melville, Whitman, and Poe."-Harper's "An Iliad-like portrait of war as a primeval human affliction . . . [welds] the personal and the mythic into a thrilling and poignant story."-New York Times "Splendid . . . carries us through a multitude of moments of wonder and pity, terror and comedy . . . with an elegiac compassion and prose of a glittering, swift-moving economy." -The New Yorker "Spellbinding . . . a ferocious re-imagining of the past that returns it to us as something powerful and strange."-Time
