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Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me

Name: Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
Author: Richard Fariña

by Richard Fariña

1966•Comedy•329 pages

Taste attributes: comedyadventuredramarealisticlinearglossybig & variedcoming of agefish out of water/culture clashsocial commentary

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Boxlist takeA sweeping, grounded comic novel, otherwise balanced. Best if you like spectacle over intimacy.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

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3.8 / 5

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About This Book

Based largely on Farinã's college experiences and travels, the novel is a comic picaresque story of Gnossos Pappadopoulis that takes place in the American West, in Cuba during the Cuban Revolution, and at an upstate New York university.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ComedyAdventureDramaComing of ageFish out of water/culture clashSocial commentary

Subjects

College studentsUnited states, social life and customsConduct of lifeSocial life and customs

Details

Author: Richard Fariña
Published: 1966
Pages: 329
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Source: Open Library

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