The Dylanist

by Brian Morton

Book Overview

Telling the story of Sally Burke, a young woman raised by radicals, who has inherited her parents' dissatisfaction with the world but not their passionate desire to change it, The Dylanist is a compelling portrait of a generation as lost, though not nearly as self-importantly tragic, as any that F. Scott Fitzgerald described (L.A. Weekly).

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0425172260
• ISBN13: 9780425172261
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.1" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Life Examined

This was awesome. I'd enjoyed STARTING OUT IN THE EVENING so much and looked forward to reading this, but was unsure what to expect since it is a first novel. I'm happy to report that this was excellent. Sally is the daughter of parents with principles and causes. Make that Principles and Causes. Her father, an old style left winger, works as a union organizer. Her mother teaches elementary school and continually lobbies the school to follow innovations like adapting the open classroom concept. Sally is a Dylanist, she's told: someone who is more into her feelings than she is concerned with causes. And it's her search to find commitment that forms the framework of the novel. Great writing, great story. Enjoy.

I loved this book!

This was a fantastic treat of a novel and I couldn't put it down. There were so many poignant details noted through out the book, it was like the secrets of the world revealed. I kept wondering when I'd get my next revelation as I read. And it was chock full of them.

Excellent book

this is by far one of the best books I ever read