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Title: The American Man at Age 10
Author: Susan Orlean
Narrator: Susan Orlean
Format: Unabridged
Length: 37 mins
Language: English
Release date: 04-25-17
Publisher: Audible Studios
Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs
Publisher's Summary:
He is old enough to begin imagining that he will someday get married, but at 10 he is still convinced that the best thing about being married will be that he will be allowed to sleep in his clothes. His father once observed that living with Colin was like living with a Martian who had done some reading on American culture. As it happens, Colin is not especially sad or worried about the prospect of growing up, although he sometimes frets over whether he should be called a kid or a grown-up; he has settled on the word kid-up.
In her classic 1992 Esquire cover story, "The American Man at Age Ten", best-selling author Susan Orlean takes listeners inside the mind of an ordinary 10-year-old boy and attempts to see the world the way he sees it: short on girls but full of pizza, candy, and Nintendo - and shot through with the fleeting magic of childhood.
"The American Man at Age Ten" was originally published in Esquire, December 1992.
Members Reviews:
What's it like to be a... boy
What an amazing piece: this is applied psychology, describing the world through the eyes of a ten year old, seemingly withholding judgment. If it were not for that mysterious paragraph about the boy being a small version of the man, a thought that gives this piece a sense of dread, or horror even: this is how American manchildren get manufactured by a media barrage. I am sure this hypothesis of a personality being cast like an insect in amber at age ten merits some qualification ( I recommend the superbly written long form study "Triumphs of Experience" that makes the opposite argument: it is never too late to change your life, even as a septuagenarian). So, even though I am doubtful about the latent passive aggression lurking in this piece, I still loved reading it; it gave me a sense of engrossed engagement like reading a novel: being blissfully abducted into the twin minds of a boy and an amazing writer.
As the Mother of 3 Boys, I Thought it Was Perfect
Well worth reading, especially if you've wondered what goes on in their heads. I definitely have. I enjoyed it thoroughly.
Epic nostalgia
Dry and witty without a trace of snark. Male or female, you may find yourself wishing you were 10 again
Nostalgic
Puts life into perspective. This book made me realize how fast I have grown up and how much I miss being free (a kid)
Neat story
Nice and quick little read. It really captured the imagination of a tenacity of any 10 year old little boy
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Title: The American Man at Age 10
Author: Susan Orlean
Narrator: Susan Orlean
Format: Unabridged
Length: 37 mins
Language: English
Release date: 04-25-17
Publisher: Audible Studios
Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs
Publisher's Summary:
He is old enough to begin imagining that he will someday get married, but at 10 he is still convinced that the best thing about being married will be that he will be allowed to sleep in his clothes. His father once observed that living with Colin was like living with a Martian who had done some reading on American culture. As it happens, Colin is not especially sad or worried about the prospect of growing up, although he sometimes frets over whether he should be called a kid or a grown-up; he has settled on the word kid-up.
In her classic 1992 Esquire cover story, "The American Man at Age Ten", best-selling author Susan Orlean takes listeners inside the mind of an ordinary 10-year-old boy and attempts to see the world the way he sees it: short on girls but full of pizza, candy, and Nintendo - and shot through with the fleeting magic of childhood.
"The American Man at Age Ten" was originally published in Esquire, December 1992.
Members Reviews:
What's it like to be a... boy
What an amazing piece: this is applied psychology, describing the world through the eyes of a ten year old, seemingly withholding judgment. If it were not for that mysterious paragraph about the boy being a small version of the man, a thought that gives this piece a sense of dread, or horror even: this is how American manchildren get manufactured by a media barrage. I am sure this hypothesis of a personality being cast like an insect in amber at age ten merits some qualification ( I recommend the superbly written long form study "Triumphs of Experience" that makes the opposite argument: it is never too late to change your life, even as a septuagenarian). So, even though I am doubtful about the latent passive aggression lurking in this piece, I still loved reading it; it gave me a sense of engrossed engagement like reading a novel: being blissfully abducted into the twin minds of a boy and an amazing writer.
As the Mother of 3 Boys, I Thought it Was Perfect
Well worth reading, especially if you've wondered what goes on in their heads. I definitely have. I enjoyed it thoroughly.
Epic nostalgia
Dry and witty without a trace of snark. Male or female, you may find yourself wishing you were 10 again
Nostalgic
Puts life into perspective. This book made me realize how fast I have grown up and how much I miss being free (a kid)
Neat story
Nice and quick little read. It really captured the imagination of a tenacity of any 10 year old little boy