Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance
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Plot Summary of Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance

"Powers published this stunning debut novel at the age of 28. An actual photo taken by August Sander, the Austrian photographer of the common man, of three farmers walking down a road in western Europe in August 1914 serves as the centerpiece for a meditation on history (especially the Great War) and its undercurrents, mass production (Henry Ford is a character in the story), photography, solitude and loss. A young computer designer in 1980s Boston tries to track down the truths behind the photo as well as flirting with a waitress downtown. There is much sophisticated playing with words as well as ideas, and Powers indulges a facility with aphorisms in this book more than his others ("History is the army of occupation, and we are all collaborators") as well as his usual wise-guy lines ("I used to be a Catholic, but I found I could get all the suffering I needed by going in to work").

Crested sapwood supportable noradrenaline runout.

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David Loftus, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance

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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Romance/Romance Problems Yes
Kind of romance: - seduction (yum!)
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Gender - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - none

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 4 (a fair amount)
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast - Midwest
Europe Yes
City? Yes
City: - Boston
Farm/Ranch? Yes
Small town? Yes

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - descript of kissing - actual description of hetero sex
Unusual Style: - a lot of flashback and forwards
Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog

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