Zindel, Paul (Vol. 6) | Zindel, Paul 1936–
Zindel, Paul 1936–
Zindel, an American playwright and novelist, is best known for his successful plays And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little and The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds. He received the Pulitzer Prize for the latter.
[In "The Pigman" Paul Zindel] reinforces the belief that regardless of the handicaps or advantages, and whatever the condition of the world, every person has to finally sculpt his own vision of it: "Baboons build their own cages," Paul Zindel says.
"Thg Pigman" is a "memorial epic" told, chapter-in-turn, by two high school sophomores, John and Lorraine. They are an engaging pair, nicely iconoclastic, who suspect nearly everyone else of congenital brain damage. Their "epic" makes a very funny book at one level because Mr. Zindel catches the bright, hyperbolic sheen of teen-age language accurately and with humor. It is a serious book as it reveals their touching and sad, yet happy,...
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