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Title	:	Flesh and Blood
Author	:	Michael Cunningham
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 465 pages
Published	:	May 22nd 1996 by Touchstone (first published 1995)
Categories	:	Fiction. LGBT. Contemporary. Gay. Literary Fiction. Literature. American

Flesh and Blood

Michael Cunningham

Paperback | Pages: 465 pages

Rating: 4.02 | 5049 Users | 375 Reviews

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In Flesh and Blood, Michael Cunningham takes us on a masterful journey through four generations of the Stassos family as he examines the dynamics of a family struggling to "come of age" in the 20th century.

In 1950, Constantine Stassos, a Greek immigrant laborer, marries Mary Cuccio, an Italian-American girl, and together they produce three children: Susan, an ambitious beauty, Billy, a brilliant homosexual, and Zoe, a wild child. Over the years, a web of tangled longings, love, inadequacies and unfulfilled dreams unfolds as Mary and Constantine's marriage fails and Susan, Billy, and Zoe leave to make families of their own. Zoe raises a child with the help of a transvestite, Billy makes a life with another man, and Susan raises a son conceived in secret, each extending the meaning of family and love. With the power of a Greek tragedy, the story builds to a heartbreaking crescendo, allowing a glimpse into contemporary life which will echo in one's heart for years to come.

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Original Title:	Flesh and Blood
ISBN:	0684874318 (ISBN13: 9780684874319)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's Fiction (1996)

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Another stunning novel from one of Americas greatest writers.Having being a huge lover of The Hours, both the novel and the adaptation, Im unsure why it took me so long to get round to reading Flesh & Blood. Cunningham writes of life, and all of its complexities, like no other, whilst crafting beautiful, sparing prose. I couldnt recommend Flesh & Blood more, should you like to read fiction that explores the human psyche in the context of a family unit, and all of the spaces and emotions

I liked this book, but I kept feeling like I had read it before. Surely, I'm not that addled post-pregnancy, but there were certain scenes that just felt completely familiar whereas I had no recollection of other scenes or characters. I had read & loved The Hours many years ago, and there are similar themes, so maybe that's it? At any rate, the book is well-written as I would expect from Cunningham, but the family's saga seemed to have everything but the kitchen sink thrown in - immigrant

Though Cunningham writes beautifully, he hasn't quite figured out how to balance his heavy subject matter with his wildly descriptive prose. The book becomes bogged down by the extreme familial drama that Cunningham creates for his characters. This book is a good read, but you'd be better suited to read "The House," where Cunningham's voice is fully realized.

Another superbly accomplished novel by Cunningham. Wish I could add more stars. His writing always makes me think of Richard Pryors comment about Muhammad Ali. ("He fights so good it makes your dick hard.")

Flesh and Blood is another masterful work by Michael Cunningham, an incredibly gifted writer. Last year I read A Home at the End of the World, the authors first novel. I absolutely loved it. Though I have not read his Pulitzer Prize winning The Hours, I have seen the movie based on the book several times; it is one of my all-time favorite films. This book written between the two others just mentioned is nothing short of superb.The novel told from the third person POV chronicles three generations

I hate to think that Michael Cunningham is writing the same book over and over, because really, he isn't, but this one seemed like it had his "stock" characters. Strong, but quirky women, a gay man with some guilt over his sexuality, etc. Depressing at the end. Still a fairly decent book, but go pick up At Home At the End of the World for a much better read by him.

Flesh and Blood is the multi-generational story of an American family. The story is not a detailed chronological sequence of everything that happened in the lives of the family. Rather, Cunningham narrates key snapshots from the familys lives- from 1935 to 2035. Cunningham also jumps from character to character; starting from a scene from the family patriarchs childhood in Greece, to scenes from the patriarchs childrens and grandchildrens lives.I found the novel easy to read and quite