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Tinkers

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HarperCollins Canada, Jun 1, 2010 - Fiction - 224 pages

An old man lies dying. As time collapses into memory, he travels deep into his past where he is reunited with his father and relives the wonder and pain of his impoverished New England youth. At once heartbreaking and life affirming, Tinkers is an elegiac meditation on love, loss, and the fierce beauty of nature.

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Wonderful, dense, luminous writing. - Goodreads
Admittedly, prose is lost on me. - Goodreads
Some beautiful imagery and a haunting tone. - Goodreads
Self indulgent rambling is NOT beautiful writing. - Goodreads
And that's pretty much it, plot-wise. - Goodreads
Wonder what the next selection will be. - Goodreads

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User Review  - Andrea - Goodreads

There are plot driven stories, and then there is Tinkers. I consider myself a pretty quick reader, and the time it took me to get through one knotty sentence is about the time it takes to read a ... Read full review

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User Review  - Nola - Goodreads

On the surface, Tinkers is a simple tale of an old man as he lay dying, a story chock full of imagery. Yet the novel touches on a number of themes that make it sure to stand the test of time. In truth ... Read full review

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About the author (2010)

Paul Harding has an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. In 2010, he received the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for his debut novel, Tinkers. Harding lives in Georgetown, Massachusetts.

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