Noah's Compass Noah's Compass

Noah's Compass

A Novel

    • 3.7 • 57 Ratings
    • $11.99
    • $11.99

Publisher Description

Liam Pennywell, who set out to be a philosopher and ended up teaching fifth grade, never much liked the job at that run-down private school, so early retirement doesn’t bother him. But he is troubled by his inability to remember anything about the first night that he moved into his new and spare condominium on the outskirts of Baltimore. All he knows when he wakes up the next day in the hospital is that his head is sore and bandaged. His effort to recover the moments of his life that have been stolen from him leads him on an unexpected detour. What he needs is someone who can do the remembering for him. What he gets is . . . well, something quite different.

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2010
January 5
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
288
Pages
PUBLISHER
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
SELLER
Penguin Random House LLC
SIZE
9.9
MB

Customer Reviews

Raw Kinch Air ,

Not for everyone

Anne Tyler is not an author for everyone. She is not a populist author. She takes her time building characters and defining plots. You don't so much read her novels - you experience them. She is not an immediate writer, you need to enjoy her style which is extremely realistic, which sometimes translates as slow moving.

I liked Noah's Compass a lot, but still preferred Breathing Lessons. Tyler writes literature, not populist books like James Patterson or Michael Connelly (I like both of these writers, don't get me wrong).

Agree with not for everyone. ,

The Beginner's Goodbye

I love her style of writing but when my husband asks me whats happening in my book(he likes Westerns, spy, etc.) I say "Nothing" and he rolls his eyes.

JGAMMAMILL ,

Wonderful

The last person who reviewed this book on here obviously doesn't get Anne Tyler. This book was just as enjoyable as the Accidental Tourist. A good read.

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