| Collecting Sins Contributor(s): Sobel, Steven (Author) |
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ISBN: 1891661043 ISBN-13: 9781891661044 Publisher: Santa Monica Press OUR PRICE: $11.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1999 Annotation: Word Up! "Collecting Sins" is a picaresque, coming-of-age novel set in the Southern California of the late-'60s/early '70s. Author Steven Sobel evokes the inner environment of a sensitive and carefree youth confronting adulthood and takes us on a rollicking journey through the heady atmosphere of that era. More than the story of an individual, it is the story of a generation before it came to power. All-in-all, "Collecting Sins" is a witty, charming and masterful debut. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Coming Of Age |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 98054322 |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.2" W x 8" (0.66 lbs) 279 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 - Chronological Period - 1960's - Chronological Period - 1970's - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Cultural Region - West Coast - Geographic Orientation - California - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Collecting Sins is a highly-charged coming-of-age novel set in the Southern California of the late-1960s/early '70s. Steven Sobel evokes the inner environment of Ben, a sensitive and carefree youth confronting adulthood. Ben explores the labyrinth of sewers beneath the San Fernando Valley, cavorts on the sun-drenched, bikini-infested beaches of Santa Monica, and immerses himself in the hippie culture of Topanga Canyon. In the tradition of J.D. Salinger, Carolyn See, and Jay McInerney, Sobel takes us on a rollicking journey through the heady atmosphere of the era. Amplified by drugs, sex, rock 'n' roll, Vietnam, feminism, violence, and poetry. More than the story of an individual, Collecting Sins is the story of a generation before it came to power. |