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has there ever been a book...

EamonnKeane · 2008-10-27 02:56:18

..that followed the hero's life from birth, through youth, middle age, old age and death? Bildungsromans from age 10-25 or so are common enough, but I suppose such a book would be all over the place in terms of plot. (Rather like real lives.)

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..that followed the hero's life from birth, through youth, middle age, old age and death? Bildungsromans from age 10-25 or so are common enough, but I suppose such a book would be all over the place in terms of plot. (Rather like real lives.)

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#2 27-10-2008 4:04am
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so you've just finished "Tristran Shandy"

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#3 27-10-2008 5:28pm
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The Bible?:pac:

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#4 27-10-2008 10:14pm
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A Dance to the Music of Time by Anthony Powell follows the life of a man and his friends through from fairly young till they are very old men. It's a series of 12 novels, their quite good and cover the period through both World Wars through to the sixties I think.

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#5 27-10-2008 11:16pm
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#6 28-10-2008 12:10pm
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Martin Amis' 'Time's Arrow'. Excellent read, btw.

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#7 31-10-2008 7:01pm
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The World According to Garp by John Irving.
Brilliant book documenting Garp's life from pre-conception. The last third drags a bit, but one of the better books I've read.

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