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Stop-Time: A Memoir
by Frank Conroy
from Penguin (Non-Classics)

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• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Classic Eloquence
  If you - like me - never even heard of Frank Conroy before reading his memoir Stop-Time, you'll wonder why his name was not better known. The amazing writing in his coming-of-age story literally stopped me repeatedly, just to re-read his vivid imagery. This imagery makes even his seemingly ordinary scenes ignite our imaginations. Even an something that could be put as simply as "I watched his yo-yo trick" for Conroy becomes "the trick started out like a Cannonball, and then unexpectedly folded up, opened... more info

• A masterful essayist
  At first, I was challenged by Conroy's use of section breaks; I was looking for congruency and thru-line. But when I went back and re-read chapters, wonderful and magical things started happening on a subconscious level. It's like having disjointed dreams that are thematically different, and when you wake up, you can't remember them, but have a particular feeling, perhaps an insight based on some common denominator. Conroy demonstrates this kind of disjointed insight throughout the book, making Stop Time a... more info

• An early confessional
  When someone writes an autobiographical memoir, if it is honest, he bares his soul. Frank Conroy's soul is unlovely to say the least. He writes without remorse - indeed, boastingly - of his sedulous part in a terrible hazing incident that involved the group beating of a schoolmate to the point of unconsciousness. And then he drags us through his pathetic, sloppy early liasons with girls, as if his experiences are something transcendant and unique just because they are his. One reviewer wrote hysterically... more info

• A great story of a great period of growing up.
  I picked this up around '69 when I was 14-15 and what a great book to read at that time of my life.
  I still have my original copy which is falling apart. I'd love to know how many times I've read it.
  Its simply a great book.
  

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