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Original Title:	Tinkers
ISBN:	1934137197 (ISBN13: 9781934137192)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2010), PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize (2010), The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize Nominee (2009), International Dublin Literary Award Nominee (2011)

Tinkers

Paul Harding

Hardcover | Pages: 192 pages

Rating: 3.39 | 29279 Users | 4763 Reviews

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Title	:	Tinkers
Author	:	Paul Harding
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 192 pages
Published	:	January 1st 2009 by Bellevue Literary Press (first published January 1st 2008)
Categories	:	Fiction. Literature

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An old man lies dying. Propped up in his living room and surrounded by his children and grandchildren, George Washington Crosby drifts in and out of consciousness, back to the wonder and pain of his impoverished childhood in Maine. As the clock repairer’s time winds down, his memories intertwine with those of his father, an epileptic, itinerant peddler and his grandfather, a Methodist preacher beset by madness. At once heartbreaking and life affirming, Tinkers is an elegiac meditation on love, loss, illness, faith, and the fierce beauty of nature.

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Paul Harding's first book, Tinkers has totally amazed and delighted me. The fact that such a tiny novel could convey so much so well is a tribute to his literary skills. In an editorial in the Boston Globe, on April 16, 2010, it was reported how Harding was unable to find a publisher, passing the manuscript around to many houses, until a small publisher (Bellevue Literary Press)agreed to do it.Several people urged that the book be entered for the Pulitzer Prize and to waive the $50 submission

It's truly a testament to an author's ability to write when he puts me to sleep after two pages. I don't think if I tried I could bore a reader to sleep in two pages. I mean how does that even work? I have no idea what the story is about nor who the characters are, yet by the middle of page two I want to slit my wrists.This actually won the Pulitzer? So I guess that's as meaningless as any other award. What's so awful about telling a story? Why is that so loathed among "writers" today? Why does

Tinkers is a brilliant short novel that won The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2010. I would categorize the book as an inter-generational saga in the naturalist and realistic fiction vein, ala Emile Zola or Wallace Stegner. Tinkers asynchronously portrays the lives, or vignettes thereof, of a father and son living in rural New England and does so masterfully with a sparsity of words. A grandfather clock acts as the obvious metaphor for the life and story of George, the son, as he marches to his

A year ago I got through fifty pages of this book and quit in bored frustration. But its alluring squareness kept nagging at a little corner of my brain, and I gathered my will to finish it a year later.And I'm still not quite sure what I think about it.On one hand, it's full of superb writing, smartly constructed prose, quite lovely memorably fascinating passages. Whatever I may think about the plot or the characters or the narrative passing, there is no denying that Paul Harding sure knows how

I drip for the beauty of words, not sobbing, heaving tears, but slow wet salt that leaves a trail on gristled cheeks. Tinkers often reads more like a poem than a novel, holding extended passages describing nature or recollection in huge, meandering sentences that carry meaning and feeling like a swollen river delivers silt. It is not an easy read.Harding contemplates the tenuous borders of time, and the uncertain edges of reality. Life, existing under a lid, is limited, endangered This is the

This book is small and square. I bought it at the airport Barnes & Noble en route to my hometown for my Grandfather's funeral. It's lovely small squareness caught my eye. The description on the back which reads "An old man lies dying." made me think it was serendipity. I read the first paragraph and it was all sealed up. This is some of the most wonderful writing I've come across in quite a long time. I'm thrilled to have found it and can't wait to share it.

Well, I really don't like giving one star reviews--usually. But truthfully, I not only didn't like Tinkers, I hated it. Paul Harding has gotten his kudos in the form of an award and bestsellerdom. He does not need everyone in the world to admire his story. And in fact, I do believe it is the story itself I disliked so intensely--not the writer, nor even the writing. He clearly has some talent: the book is slim, which I like. Too many authors feel they need to pontificate too long. But thank the