Some Other Place: The Right Place; A Novel

by Donald Harington

Book Overview

It is June. Diana Stoving's new Porsche has just broken down on the Garden State Parkway, and Diana, twenty-one, freshly graduated from Sarah Lawrence, sits in a dealer's showroom, waiting for... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316346403
• ISBN13: 9780316346405
• Release Date: January 1972
• Publisher: Little Brown and Company
• Length: 462 Pages
• Weight: 2.24 lbs.

Customer Reviews

The Right Read

I first read Harrington's book when it came out in the '70s and thoroughly enjoyed it then. I recently reread it and enjoyed it even more than before. With the help of the computer, I've been able to pinpoint the important places in the story which were "shaded". Excellent read.

One of my all time favorites

I read this book way back in the seventies when it first came out. It was one of my all time favorites. Now that I know it is still in print, I am going to order it and read it again.

Favorite Book of All Time!

I completely agree with the other reviewers. This is the most fascinating book I've ever read. Mr. Harington is an unsung genius. He should be picked by Oprah and then he might get the kudos he richly deserves. His writing is so beautiful, stories so imaginative,etc. etc. etc. Hard to believe one person could write so well.

I was (and am) completely mesmerized by this novel.

There are two subjects that particularly fascinate. One is "things para-normal" and the other is "sexuality." Harington's book explores both with such stunning originality and skill that I can hardly finish the book! Let me explain. Usually when I'm reading I will dog-ear a page that I know I will want to return to some day. In this case, I have marked so many pages and individualy sections--even sentences--and I continue to return to many of them so frequently, that after three months I still haven't finished it! Oh, yes, I have actually read all the pages, including the last, but there remains so much wonder in this story and the telling of it that I really can't (if you'll excuse the cliche) put it down.I cannot imagine how, or from what source, the author received his inspiration or research for this book. And how can he know that much about what goes on inside the human head, whether it be the characters' heads or our own?I don't want to overdo it, and I know nothing else about the author except the fact of this book, but I am in awe of his insights and ability to express them in this way. The title, alone, is absolutely brilliant!

My favorite ghost story...

My favorite ghost story is SOME OTHER PLACE, THE RIGHT PLACE. It is sexy, funny, sad, and wise. The story is about a college girl who happens reads a newspaper story about high school boy who, under hypnosis, has been channeling a ghost -- the ghost of her grandfather! She and the boy begin an odyssey, visiting all the ghost towns where the ghost used to live. Naturally the boy falls in love with the girl -- but she falls in love with the ghost who emerges in the boy when he is under hypnosis, so this becomes one strange love triangle. This book and THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE ARKANSAS OZARKS by the same author are the two books I most often give away to my friends.