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Named to Kirkus Reviews' Best of 2013.
Winner of rare "double crown" of starred reviews from both Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews. * Simpson Weems is a 36-year-old aspiring poet whose life has been on hold -- to the breaking point. All he needs to fulfill his potential is to move to San Francisco, but he's torn between his long-held dream of being a great artist and obligations to his ailing mother and his emotionally volatile brother, the all-demanding Bartholomew. Will someone in his family have to die before he can get to California? And how might that be arranged? *Written "on location" in New Orleans and set shortly before Hurricane Katrina, Elysian Fields combines menace, the comic strangeness of Flannery O'Connor, and hints of magical realism to convey vivid, original characters and a Crescent City that is both recognizable and more offbeat and seductive than visitors usually see.
- Sales Rank: #2413822 in Books
- Published on: 2013-03-06
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.00" h x 1.03" w x 5.00" l, .98 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 412 pages
Review
"A wholly involving story with Faulknerian characters in a fully realized setting. [A] tale of brotherly love and menace. . . . LaFlaur's descriptive talent shines. Fertile imagery drips like Spanish moss . . . [Main character] Simpson's mental landscape is equally vivid, drawn with . . . empathy and depth . . ." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"[R]eaders will find the author's portrayal of New Orleans convincing and his characters fascinating and fully developed. . . . Life in the Weems family of 1999 New Orleans is anything but Elysian in this engrossing Southern Gothic snapshot. . . . LaFlaur deftly alternates between character perspectives, delving into perceptions and motivations . . . " --Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"A stunning debut . . . A look at the interplay of the figures in this working-class clan on Invalides Street has shades of Tennessee Williams, Faulkner and John Kennedy Toole impressed in its pages, yet [Elysian Fields] transcends those influences to become an original vision all its own. . . . LaFlaur gently and expertly pulls readers along with his characters, never flinching in the face of their foibles, giving us reasons to care what happens to them . . ." --Antigravity (Your New Orleans Alternative to Culture), March 2013
From the Author
I wrote Elysian Fields in the mid to late 1990s when I had moved back to New Orleans after years away in San Francisco and New York. Then, after moving back to New York in 2001 to get married (my smartest, luckiest move ever), I revised and polished it for various spells over many years. *The characters are a mix of elements of people I've known, neighbors in New Orleans, and stories I've heard about friends' family members, and so on. The characters are not based on any particular individuals, living or deceased, though some of their manners or characteristics -- say, a few warts and moles here and there -- are drawn from people I've known or heard about, and then exaggerated (or downplayed) for dramatic effect. *There's a theme of death, and of preserving the dead. The Weems family, like many in New Orleans, lives across the street from a little neighborhood cemetery. The mother, Melba, was a cosmetician at a funeral home, and Gasper, the father, was a taxidermist, so it is their job to dress up the dead, one for a brief showing and another for preservation in perpetuity. But really, aren't we all dressing up or trying to preserve the dead, in one way or another? *There's also a recurrent theme of forgiveness, the struggle to forgive, which often must proceed the effort to love someone (perhaps even a sibling) who is not easily lovable.
From the Back Cover
What happens when the bonds of family devotion threaten to strangle a son's artistic ambition?
New Orleans, 1999. Simpson Weems is a 36-year-old aspiring poet whose life has been on hold--to the breaking point. All he needs to fulfill his potential is to move to San Francisco, but he's torn between his long-held dream of being a great artist and obligations to his ailing mother and his emotionally volatile brother, the all-demanding Bartholomew. Will someone in his family have to die before he can get to California? And how might that be arranged?
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By Sax Lover
'Elysian Fields,' quintessential New Orleans & beyond...
The characters are alive & real, punctuated by occasional dark humor, despite some of them living in the past. New Orleans today is rich with immigrants from other cities; so one doesn't often encounter such old-school types unless one has lived there for a long time, but they are there - and Jesus too (as the character Bartholomew Weems testifies). "Chir-actors," as Dr. John would say.
All of that aside, this is a story well-told (set before catastrophic hurricanes Katrina & Rita)- with even more dunces than 'A Confederacy of Dunces.' And yet, a message of hope for the future comes in its resolution.
The non-linear time-frame exposition is perfect for a play or screenplay. So when does the movie-version & the next novel come out? Can't wait.
Delicious, nutritious, even slightly pernicious!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful.
55 bus
By S. Leigh
I live on Elysian Fields Ave.and take the 55 bus to the French Quarter frequently. I checked out this book from the library for the obvious reason and it was a delightful surprise. My commute is enriched by this story. The nuances of New Orleans speech were the best I've read since Confederacy of Dunces. It was sad and frustrating with a dark humor. Cant wait until the next book by this author.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful.
Elysian Indeed!
By Charles Scribner
LaFlaur's novel is superbly written. While his Louisiana setting takes me much farther south of Central Park--or Hyde Park--than my customary jaunts in life or in letters, I can only admire his dazzling skill as a novelist to capture character, setting, and dialogue. He has it all--from insight to ambience. Bravissimo!
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