Auteur Ordinary People and the Twilight of Male Vulnerability, Book 3, (Paperback)

<p><b>In this latest volume of Ig's popular Auteur series, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Steve Almond (<i>Candyfreak</i>, <i>Against Football</i>) examines the legacy of <i>Ordinary People</i>, Robert Redford's 1980 Oscar winning film, which he sees as a masterpiece of male vulnerability.</b></p><p>Almond regards the film as a masterpiece of psychological drama, one of the few films that outshines its own literary source material.</p><p>The film offered Almond and his brothers a private language, with which they could articulate anxieties and terrors that they couldn't always speak about openly, even as the children of two psychoanalysts. As a man struggling with the demise of his marriage, Almond sees the film as a kind of requiem for the happy, vibrant family he hoped to create.</p><p>He also sees <i>Ordinary People </i>as a powerful reminder of the values that prevailed before a rising tide of American cruelty, which has celebrated masculine rage and violence as a means to power. The movie isn't just about a grieving family, but a nation that has surrendered its capacity to love openly, to mourn collectively, and to forgive.</p>

• Auteur Ordinary People and the Twilight of Male Vulnerability, Book 3, (Paperback)
• Author: Steve Almond
• ISBN: 9781632461780
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-05-12
• Page Count: 200