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A big, funny, engaging, unsentimental and sometimes even wise book...Delightful."―New York Post
Author of Lookaway, Lookaway
Wilton Barnhardt's novel of coming of age in New York City brims with energy, surprise, irresistible humor, and the heady rush of youth. Its hero, Gil Freeman, a midwestern aspiring actor, comes to the city in search of stardom―but instead encounters the perils of Alphabet City, the desperation of off-off-off-Broadway theater...and the exhilarating, exasperating, absolutely unique Emma, around whom his life comes to turn. Charming and engaging, quintessentially American, Emma Who Saved My Life is one of the extraordinary fiction debuts of our time.
- Sales Rank: #726731 in Books
- Published on: 1998-06-15
- Released on: 1998-06-15
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.25" h x 1.31" w x 5.50" l, 1.21 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 496 pages
- ISBN13: 9780312191184
- Condition: New
- Notes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. Tracking provided on most orders. Buy with Confidence! Millions of books sold!
From Publishers Weekly
This first novel comes with a highly eulogistic note from the publisher, and on this occasion the enthusiasm is right on the mark. Emma is a winner--a book of enormous charm, full of sharp, often acid, character sketches, memorable scenes, alternately touching and uproariously funny, that linger in the memory--and told in a narrative style so cunningly paced and organized that it is difficult to believe this is really the work of a first-time writer. (We are assured, however, that he is a North Carolina-born graduate student at Oxford, and that this is truly his first book.) It's the story of Gil Freeman, a young aspiring actor just arrived from the Midwest in New York in the mid-'70s, and his progress as a thespian, as well as a lover and friend to a variety of Manhattan denizens of that time and place. Emma Gennaro, from the moment he becomes one of her roommates, is particularly close to Gil's heart: a frenzied, funny, desperate soul whose increasingly real agonies, with drugs and the surrounding society, take her further and further away from him. Nothing is conventional about their relationship; neither can entirely do without the other, yet the only time they consummate their long affection is in an agonizing scene close to the end of the book. There are fragmentary suggestions, at the beginning, middle and end of Gil's story, that it's all being told in safe retrospect, from the perspective of a man if not entirely happy in marriage and fatherhood, at least beyond youthful indiscretions. But the immediacy of his years in New York, in a series of dreadful apartments, mingling with the bohemians and charlatans of the theater, auditioning, conniving, being briefly and ashamedly successful, is overwhelming. The zany flavor of city life has seldom been better caught, and there are set-pieces here, like a party at the loft of a hostess despised by all her guests, an absurd July 4th weekend at the Jersey shore, scenes in a grungy all-night cafe, that leap from the page in their gritty authenticity, their exact ear for dialogue. Barnhardt's only fault is an occasional too-easy blackout, a refusal to take a scene to its ultimate implications for the sake of moving things along. But that's a minor flaw in what has to be one of the most promising fictional debuts in many years. 100,000 first printing; $100,000 ad/promo; author tour.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
New York beckons, and sophomore theater major Gil Freeman leaves Southern Illinois University to share an apartment in the Village with "TWO WHOLE WOMEN," aspiring artist Lisa, a friend from SIU, and aspiring poet Emma. Through a decade of ups and downs and menial jobs, beguilingly neurotic Emma is the lodestone in narrator Gil's life, saving him occasionally from despair, always from boredom. Eventually Gil will make it to Broadway (and to the truth about his acting), Emma will be published, and there will be a consummation of their relationship. By then the energetic irrepressibility of this coming-of-age story, with its realistic flavor of the city, winds down. A promising first novel for its ease and humor alone; almost better in parts (occasionally overly clever) than as a whole.
- Michele Leber, Fairfax Cty . P . L . , Va.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Review
“With a polished assurance rare in a first novel...Wilton Barnhardt unreels flashy scene after scene in convincing detail and sharp, snappy dialogue...the kind of shooting star that will make readers watch the skies eagerly for Barnhardt's next one.” ―Susan Allen Toth, The Washingtion Post Book World
“This is an immensely winning book.” ―Los Angeles Times Book Review
“Heir to Holden Caulfield...An affecting first novel, full of feeling without being sentimental.” ―Financial Times (London)
“New novelists are plentiful. New novelists who create memorable characters, an insightful story, and thoughtful wit are rare. Wilton Barnhardt is one of the rare ones.” ―Rebecca Warburton Boylan, Newsday
“Emma is a winner--a book of enormous charm....One of the most promising fictional debuts in many years.” ―Publishers Weekly
“Big, funny, engaging, unsentimental...delightful.” ―New York Post
Most helpful customer reviews
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Two Stars
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Just couldn't stay with it.
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My all-time favorite book
By Heidi L. Ifft
I am a writer, avid reader and 1st edition book collector. I bought this hefty novel in paperback in '89-'90 when it first came out. Fell absolutely, 'head over heels' IN LOVE with it. I loved everything about it: the characters, the humor, the stories, the setting, the writing. I have never had a book affect me in such a profound, life-altering manner. Once finished, I immediately mailed it off to my best friend/old college roommate, who is a successful actress. She also ADORED it too. (If you've read it, you'd understand why it affected us both, as she was/is an actress, and I, a writer. Both struggling "artist types.") We made a pact, at the time, that neither of us would name a daughter Emma, (which was not a very popular name in 1990) I then ran to my local collectible bookstore and bought a First Edition hard copy. I was that convinced that EMMA WHO SAVED MY LIFE would become an enormous success and Barnhardt would be hailed as the next John Irving, at the very least. I was certain this was a great investment. Further, I even purchased an "uncorrected copy" of the book. That is more difficult to find and more lucrative to own -- especially if the author becomes a success, which I was positive would happen. It never happened. Nevertheless, this is my all-time favorite novel. And I did name my dog Emma, in honor of the book. Our pact did not extend to pets! I cannot recommend a book more highly.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
That's just what it was like then
By TheBanshee
Emma Who Saved My Life is one of the funniest novels I've ever read, and one of the sharpest memoirs of NYC. I was born and raised in that wonderful city, and lived and worked there during the years covered by the story. Borough by borough, the author has the NYC of that time exactly right. One of the reasons I love this book is that it brings me back to the years I spent there.
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