Appointment in Samarra
Books

Appointment in Samarra

by John O'Hara

1934•Drama•301 pages

Taste attributes: dramahistoricalslowunsavouryheavyrealisticsimplelinearenclosedemotive & stirringself destruction/implosioncomplex relationshipsocial commentary

See which match your taste

Boxlist takeA moving, grounded novel: contained and slow-burning. Best if you like stories that hit hard.

Taste details

Open Library rating

4.0 / 5

3 ratings

Your matchTake the taste test to see your match

About This Book

O’Hara did for fictional Gibbsville, Pennsylvania what Faulkner did for Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi: surveyed its social life and drew its psychic outlines, but he did it in utterly worldly terms, without Faulkner’s taste for mythic inference or the basso profundo of his prose. Julian English is a man who squanders what fate gave him.

Description: Open Library

Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

DramaHistoricalSelf destruction/implosionComplex relationshipSocial commentary

Subjects

Ethnic relationsMarriageMarried peopleSelf-destructive behaviorSocial life and customsSuicide victimsYoung menPennsylvania

Details

Author
John O'Hara
Published
1934
Pages
301
Taste scores
How we score
Source
Open Library

How book matches work

Books are scored on the same ten characteristics as films and matched with the same formula and your own match bands. Book scores are estimates, made from Open Library subjects and descriptions plus an AI reading.

More books

Browse popular fiction and narrative non-fiction, with a match for your taste.

Browse Books