Author: Rodney Nelsestuen
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Amazon Reader’s response to Too Many Stones
Rodney Nelsestuen brings to life a heroine unlike any other. He refuses to soften Evelyn Toraason’s trials and challenges, even as he uncovers for us her grace, wisdom and beauty. I was swept up in her story, and the wonderful way he has of telling it. Ratings on Amazon score 4.8. https://www.amazon.com/Too-Many-Stones-Rodney-Nelsestuen/dp/B0CQCBG8GP/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8
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James Baldwin and Why We Should Care
While today is 9/11 and the world is once again remembering a great evil that took place and the deaths of almost 3,000 people at the hands of terrorists, I am focused on a different aspect of ‘the tragic’ as I have recently read James Baldwin. During this past summer I read both “The Fire…
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New 5 Star Rating of Quiet Desperation
Here is an excerpt from the rating: “In Quiet Desperation, Rodney Nelsestuen’s narrative inspires the reader to a reflective and contemplative mood with an enhanced appreciation of life’s complexities. … a deeply touching story shedding light on the emotional and physical impact we experience but rarely express… …the detail and depth with which each character…
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Review of All the Broken Places by John Boyne
John Boyne is an accomplished Irish author with books published in as many as 50 languages and at least one made into a 2008 movie (per Wikipedia). This 2022 novel, All the Broken Places has endless praise from authors and critics alike. It takes an interesting angle at the issue of the Holocaust and its…
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Review of The Overstory (sort of) by Richard Powers
First, I need to thank poet Janice Northerns for urging me to read The Overstory. While it had been on my radar for some time, and it was a Pulitzer Prize winner, I hadn’t really taken the time to slot it into my reading calendar. Janice asked if I had read it and when I…
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New 5 Star Rating of Too Many Stones
Too Many Stones 5 Star Review by Reader’s Favorite In Too Many Stones, “Author Rodney Nelsestuen utilizes a keen sense of narrative balance and sensibility to craft an emotionally rich novel… the narration is bold but compassionate and careful in how it tells the darker parts of the tale, capturing the beauty and hardship of…
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Amandla, a Novel
South Africa’s story Amandla (meaning ‘power’) is a self-published novel by South African native Alix Jans. For full disclosure one should know that Alix is a friend of mine. But I hope that will not deter you from reading this review and the novel. Jans wrote the book as a way to leave information about…
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Great Reviews of Too Many Stones and Quiet Desperation
Both of my novels have been professionally reviewed by either Indiereader, or Kirkus reviews, or both. Here are summaries of those reviews with links to the full documents: Too Many Stones IndieReader reviewed Too Many Stones and gave it a 5 star rating which says in part: “Rodney Nelsestuen’s TOO MANY STONES is an emotionally…
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Septology by Jon Fosse
July 5, 2024 I am going to tackle a book that some call epic and some call a new way of writing, with at least one critic to declare a renewed belief in the divine because of it. But first, the author. Jon Fosse (Yon Foss- eh, b. 1959) is a Norwegian author who won…
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Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck
German author Jenny Erpenbeck’s books are slathered with praise and for good reason. She has an impressive body of work and her most recent book won the Booker Prize for fiction. The title, Kairos, means different things but essentially ‘timely’ or ‘at the right time’ or maybe I’ll use my favorite term where Kairos =…
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