"In its sober ability to astonish, this may well be Tracy Kidder's best book." Kidder is one of the best, if not the best, at it, garnering a Pulitzer, a National Book Award and generations of grateful readers." -Susan Salter Reynolds, The Los Angeles Times
" kind of literary journalism.involves seeing the world through the eyes of those he writes about not judging them, simply presenting them as they move through life. It is moving without being uplifting, because Kidder has the intelligence to avoid any hint of the saccharine within its pages." -Chicago Tribune "Strength in What Remains" builds in magnitude and poignancy. he book encourages a general hope that individuals can -transcend even the greatest horrors." Kidder, a Pulitzer Prize-winning -author, that he makes Deo's story come alive believably-as the experience of a real -individual-and avoids.the usual tropes of a -triumph-of-the- human-spirit tale. "It is a mark of the skill and -empathy of Mr. "A tale of unspeakable barbarism and unshakeable strength." -Time Magazine One of the pleasures of reading Kidder is that sooner or later, in most of his books, someone puts us in mind of the closing lines from ``Middlemarch'': ``For the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs.''" "Kidder tells Deo's story with characteristic skill and sensitivity in a complex narrative that moves back and forth through time to build a richly layered portrait. Ron Suskind, The New York Time Book Review Kidder's rendering of what Deo endured and survived just before he boarded the plane for New York is one of the most powerful passages of modern nonfiction." Having only glimpses of Deo's past, we suddenly get a full-blown portrait. Deo is propelled, so often, by pure will, and his victories.summon a feeling of restored confidence in human nature and American opportunity.
Deo's experience can feel like this era's version of the Ellis Island migration. "That 63-year-old Tracy Kidder may have just written his finest work - indeed, one of the truly stunning books I've read this year - is proof that the secret to memorable nonfiction is so often the writer's readiness to be surprised.
Praise for Tracy Kidder's Strength In What Remains
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