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Embarking on a road trip to meet a famous television evangelist, Alan Levy drops out of college and explores the multifaceted diversity of American culture, attempting to make sense of the world around him. Elements is a novel that spans a year in the life of the ignorant and perpetually confused young man who tries to bring about changes in his world, but manages to learn only that the root causes of his alienation and loneliness are within himself. Elements explores the landscape of post-9/11 America through the eyes of this young man's experiential hopelessness and emptiness by pulling the audience along the escape Levy attempts to build for himself. Spanning one year and thousands of miles, the newly revised tenth anniversary edition of Solomon Deep's very first book remains the most prolific text delving into the stress, ignorance, and helplessness of post-9/11 Generation Y as they struggle to make sense of an America that seems to be teetering on the edge of senselessness. The Ten Year Anniversary Edition also includes a brand new introduction by the author.
- Sales Rank: #5329659 in Books
- Published on: 2012-11-18
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x .82" w x 6.00" l, 1.04 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 362 pages
About the Author
Solomon Deep was born in 1969 in Memphis, and currently spends his time between New York and Northampton. He is best known as the creator, producer, and head writer for the weekly live radio program Fortnight. Elements was his first published novel followed by several more novels and collections produced and released by independent publishers. Deep is a dedicated writer, poet, beekeeper, gardener, actor, and traveler.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
A thoughtful epic
By MarkWL
Elements is an epic. It's a long book, and I took my time reading it. So I really felt the length of the journey the main character Alan undertakes across the country. Despite being such an epic, the book is an easy and engaging read, and I always found myself looking forward to the next step in the journey. Alan, our main character, as most other reviewers seem to have pointed out, is not exactly a likable or sympathetic character. The whole journey's purpose seems to be to get him from this place of insensitivity to a more open and human place, but I never fully went along with him on that. I never really came around to liking Alan. Thankfully, though, Alan meets a long line of much more interesting and likable people (and dogs) along his way, and I got a real sense that (in most cases at least), Alan managed to touch people's (and dog's) lives in positive ways that for the most part he was probably unaware of. Alan is, and describes his own work as “Stories that could really happen,” which seems to describe Solomon’s Deep work as well, at least in this book and several of his other stories I’ve read. Deep does have a great handle on his character’s emotional realities, but I have to say the most exciting writing in this book comes in during a couple surreal moments of turmoil and danger, a dream-like near-death sequence that I won’t spoil the details of, and another dream-like dealing-with-a-tragedy sequence that I definitely won’t spoil the details of. One could easily say that the surreal writing captures the very real feelings of being in similar situations, but these dramatic changes in style (though abrupt) point to a great potential in the author for stories outside the bounds of realism. Fully acknowledging my own taste for the surreal and strange, these were definitely the most exciting sections of the book for me. Despite my coldness towards Alan himself, I believe this book is absolutely worth a read. Solomon Deep writes beautifully and thoughtfully on life and religion and love and maturity.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
Interesting Plot
By Sue in CT
Elements by Solomon Deep is not the typical story I would read but it sounded interesting. The simple name, "elements" (How much more basic can you get?) with its simple cover complements the plot of this book. At one point or another I think everyone wonders some basic questions like, who am I? Where do I fit in? What is life about? In this book the main character does more than wonder, he takes us on his journey seeing through his eyes, what he has discovered.
This book is a novel of fiction but the plot of the book is realistic and many of the 'events' in the book can even be applied to what is going on today with a little imagination. An example is the 'sleep-ins' at ValuMart protest which isn't hard to visualize the 'die-ins' around the country currently in the news as well as ValuMart sounding a lot like Wal-Mart in many aspects. So with a little imagination I was even able to relate this to things going on today and how it would look to or confuse people growing up and trying to make it on their own in today's world. However, a lot of the book I found really strange (didn't seem to 'fit' in) and even hard to follow at times.
Since the author expressed that no part of the book can be quoted without his consent, I won't which puts me at a disadvantage for review purposes. Even so, there were many good parts of this book however it did not keep me engaged or interested to the degree I had hoped. To me it seemed to drag in many places and the interesting areas of the book seemed too few and to be rushed. As I said, some of it just made no sense to me to even why it was even included in the book since it only dragged it out instead of getting to the point. I understand what the author was trying to do (express the uncertainty, fears, concerns about life/the future) but for me, it didn't work.
* I received a free copy of this book for my honest review.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Everyone, at some point, questions the life they ...
By Amazon Customer
Everyone, at some point, questions the life they have built for themselves, as Alan does. We all wish we could leave everything behind and start over on a journey that will leave us transformed. It's part of the American dream - to start from nothing and build whatever life you dream of.
In a story that unfolds through seemingly bizarre yet relatable characters, and a series of unexpected though not unplausible events, this story takes the reader on a journey that many of us lack the courage and fortitude to take on in real life.
With a writing style that reveals intelligence although seeping with naivete, you are pulled into a world that really does transform Alan. And in doing so begs the questions: Who are we? Who do we really have the potential to be? What events really shape us? And what would we really be willing to risk to find out?
There are few books that really touch our sense of personal adventure, however mundane the adventure may seem. There is a thrill in the face of our own unknown, and this book digs down to discover the core of one's humanity, not simply through our strengths, but overcoming our weaknesses and persevering through whatever our lif throws at us, and having the will to not only face it, but freely seek it out.
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