Wolf Whistle Best Read || [Lewis Nordan] - Wolf Whistle, Wolf Whistle Born and raised in the Mississippi Delta novelist Lewis Nordan was fifteen years old the summer two white men from the next town were tried for the murder of a black boy who wolf whistled at a white
- Title: Wolf Whistle
- Author: Lewis Nordan
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- Page: 172
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Wolf Whistle Best Read || [Lewis Nordan]
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Lewis Nordan
4.5 stars out of 5 The Mississippi Delta is not always dark with rain Some autumn mornings, the sun rises over Moon Lake, or Eagle, or Choctaw, or Blue, or Roebuck, all the wide, deep waters of the state, and when it does, its dawn is as rosy with promise and hope as any other Scene of the original Wolf Whistle that inspired this novel.It is sometimes hard to comprehend such racism, such hate existing in a place capable of so much beauty I would like to think that the allure of the natural world [...]
Lewis Nordan shows us a 1955 rural Mississippi Delta town, and how its inhabitants have been impacted by the lynching of Bobo, a 14 year old black boy from Chicago The real murder of Emmett Till, who allegedly wolf whistled or flirted with a white woman, was the inspiration for this book.The book weaves a story about the people living in Arrow Catcher, mostly poor whites and even poorer blacks There is a culture of racism, violence, and alcoholism A bit of the Southern Gothic comes through with [...]
Horrible, haunting and hilarious, those three adjectives are not usually used together to describe a book, but Wolf Whistle is certainlly all of those, and To say this is a fictionalized version of the death of Emmet Till in Mississippi does not come close to conveying the truth When the facts of the murder are carried around in the mind and heart of Lewis Nordan for many years and then brought forth again in a novel, the result is mind blowing The fourth grade field trips led by Miss Alice are [...]
Nothing about this should work, nothing, but God Almighty, so help me, it does The white trash telling of Emmett Till s murder The fantastical, twisty what if of 1950 s Mississippi It s a lightning storm in the swamp It s electricity and madness and hilarity horror and the boiled down heart and soul of love and hate It s fiction, but it s fact, and it s history, and it s history and fact and the heart of the matter in the way that takes fiction to get there Larger than life Magic even when you d [...]
I ended up really really liking this book However, in the first part of the book I kind of lost focus and got a little bored with characters and story I m so glad I snapped out of it because it really was worth the read Funny and heartbreaking with glimpses of hope.
What do you do when you come from a place that s beautiful, friendly, and magical, and evil to its core What do you do when you can t winnow the bad from the good What do you do when the place that made you is the best and worst place you can imagine You write that murdered boys are redemptive mermaids, that love roams without a rhyme or reason, and that all your dreams and hopes profit you nothing against the reality of who you are You write absurdity into tragedy You write about how much you l [...]
If I were to choose three words to describe Nordan s work, it would be haunting, hilarious, and tragic Usually such elements are a recipe for disaster, or at the very least a digressive narrative train wreck , but Nordan seamlessly weaves together elements of humor and tragedy, the grotesque and absurd with verdant beauty Wolf Whistle is a novel whose images will linger with you long after the reading has ended.Wolf Whistle is based on the 1955 murder of Emmett Till, whose life was taken because [...]
Wow This is truly one of the most amazing books I have ever read in my life The combination of magical realism, history, and yes, eventually some humor reminded me of City of Thieves, if it could remind me of anything And of course the trial scene briefly brings to mind To Kill a Mockingbird, only because it is a racially based crime in the South But this book is absolutely one of a kind.First of all, the writing is just out of this world The images are gorgeous and magical and very evocative Ev [...]
Sometimes, I am reminded of my own unawareness Guess what I am not the only person in the world literally sometimes I have to be reminded about the world not revolving around me Did you know that other people actually live here, with me Breathing the same air Making the same assumptions Living the same life On Earth With me And they have an opinion about the horrid events that take place, and sometimeson rare occasionseir opinions may or may not influence my empathy levelsd this guyLewis somethi [...]
Whew What a book I ve never read anything like this before Loosely based on the lynching of 14 year old Emmet Till in 1955 for whistling at a white woman , Nordan s novel is as far away from a crime novel as you can get A grim and bizarre comedy of callous, drunk, and stupid people, the telling of this tale took me to new destinations in odd but often hilarious ways of telling a story From the fourth grade teacher who takes her students on a field trip to a mortuary to watch an embalming, to the [...]
A great book Raw truth about the disparities between class and race in the American South On the surface, Nordan brings out the historical racial segregation and injustice towards blacks many readers are aware of Yet, this book also deals with the injustice towards poor whites, or the white trash In a small town in Mississippi, society is so suppressed and oppressed in such a segregated stated altogether, that it is hard to notice how disadvantaged many groups in the USA, including whites, can a [...]
This book is not for me I have just today found a book that I don t want to put down It is not this one Many people have enjoyed reading this book even to the extent of giving it five stars But this book is not for me I am going to try to stop reading books where I think maybe it will be better in the next chapter There are too many books on my shelf to be spending time with ones that aren t grabbing me in some way Why should I feel bad that I don t like this book I just don t get it And that wi [...]
Really glad to have been made aware of what happened to Emmett Till which I d never heard about before However, found this fictionalised account of it pretty frustrating as it diverged quite a lot from what actually happened and Emmett Till was a very periphery character rather than the focus of the book which was about the effect that the murder had on the local community Keen to read a factual non fiction book on this subject though.
Wanted to like it but it was hard going The caricature and satire is obvious and, given the positive reception this book has garnered, most people must feel it works really well It didn t for me it was mostly wearisome The dashes of magical realism were no successful.
You must read this book, just as you must read Jujitsu for Christ I hardly knew Buddy Nordan when we shared a college, but I feel honored to have met him, as I do to know Jack Butler, another Mis sippi writer, better It is uncanny how Nordan manages to draw humor out of horror and vice versa and pity for atrocious characters I m sure he does the humor for the same reason Butler has told me parts of his novel are humorous in order to defeat these monstrous things, we have to be able to laugh at t [...]
Ostensibly about Emmitt Till, this book rather explores the effects of race on a segregated southern town At its heart lies the fictionalized murder of Till, but while that pivotal event is the central theme, it s not really what the book is about at all Initially I was distracted by the style of writing to me, so much modern fiction is self conscious Look at me, I m a creative writer see how creative I am But somehow, Nordan pulls it off, and indeed, pulled me into his half fantasy world His ch [...]
I was supposed to read this book in graduate school, but I could not bring myself to read a comic book on the death of Emmett Till I m glad my friend convinced me finally to read the book because it not only help me rethink reimagine the community in which Till was killed, but it also help me understand that white people, even white trash had a visceral, emotional response to Till s murder The comic elements are just southerners being the southerners Nordan encountered Coach and Runt s final exc [...]
This book is based off of a true event, but I didn t know that when I started reading it Go ahead and think I m an idiot if you must, because I sure felt idiotic once I realized my mistake The writing style and tone of the book were quite unique It was both strange and engaging It told the story of a horrific murder of a black boy in the south and his murders who were set free, but the tone of the book is neither gruesome nor sentimental.
A fictional retelling of the Emmett Till murder from the perspectives of several townsfolk Nordan s swamp drenched prose is sensuous, making every page a pleasure to read His careful rendering of the Mississippi Delta reminded me of Brian Doyle s Oregon Coast in Mink River Mostly in the scent and texture and music of the place.
They spoke, finally, from their hearts Maybe, finally, they did weep together, and maybe held each other tight Nobody but Bobo knows for sure what happened next, but maybe, behind Alice and Sally Anne, the crystal ball in Swami Don s Elegant Junk shone with the bright blue light of empty interiors and of faraway and friendly stars and all their hopeful planets and golden moons.
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A great book Raw truth about the disparities between class and race in the American South On the surface, Nordan brings out the historical racial segregation and injustice towards blacks many readers are aware of Yet, this book also deals with the injustice towards poor whites, or the white trash In a small town in Mississippi, society is so suppressed and oppressed in such a segregated stated altogether, that it is hard to notice how disadvantaged many groups in the USA, including whites, can a [...]
If I had to pick one novel, it s this oneTaught it every semester for 12 years and loved it every time More than loved it Religious fervor is probably accurate My absolute favorite ending of all time I think it s actually in the middle of the book and every line is music The parrot, Roy Dale and his Arrows, Solon Gregg Runt, Alice, Bobo Uncle and Auntee Old Coach, drinking out of his canteen Sweet and Sugar Swami Don s Elegant Junk Blue John Poor little Glenn The Rider and Rufus McKay Juanita a [...]
If there were half points here I would give this book 4 1 2 stars Lewis Nordan s writing has been compared to a few different author s but this is my review so here goesTake one part Confederacy of Dunces, one part To Kill a Mockingbird add a touch of Coen brothers mash them up You will then have Wolf Whistle which is at the same time hilarious heartbreaking It is a fictional account of an actual event that happened in Mississippi in the 50 s A boy named Emmett Till was lynched for wolf whistlin [...]
I wasn t all that keen on starting this book, but since the Kindle version was only 1.99, I figured why not.About halfway through, I really, and I mean REALLY wanted to stop reading I knew what was going to happen, and I didn t want to read about it But since I had already gotten this far, I hated to give up on it even than I hated the idea of continuing Cringing at what was coming, I forged ahead It happened but not in the way or with the words I was expecting The book changed It went from ok [...]
I made it a little past half way, and I just couldn t do it any I love civil rights era books, but this author seemed so caught up in the writing and being clever that the story became secondary I found myself getting lost and becoming very confused about who was white and who was black And when the book is about a southern state in the 60s, this is kind of important Maybe it was supposed to be hard to follow Maybe it was author commentary that, as MJ said, it don t matter if you re black or whi [...]
A black boy dared to wolf whistle at a white lady He got murdered for it, and his murderers got acquitted even though everyone knew they did it This was a turning point for every single person in their town.The pure beauty in this sad book was heartbreaking The lyrical writing juxtaposed with depressing subject matter was a blues song in a book Then after all of that, it was funny I haven t read a book that engaged me emotionally like this in a very long time.
The only guilty satire.
Lewis Nordan s Wolf Whistle tells the story of Emmett Till, but in classic Nordan style tragic, beautiful, and hilarious We think this book should be on everyone s to read list.
Based on the real life horror of the death of Emmett Till, this book is about a young black man in the south who whistles at a white woman and what the consequences are It is a disturbing book because you know what is going to happen It breaks my heart that this is a part of our American history Well, worth the read.