A sweet story of father-son love? Uh, yeah, that's not exactly what I got out of The Road. Like, the kid was the only thing keeping the father from going completely feral. And the baby on the barbecue. There was a hell of a lot more going on in that novel than that the guy loved his kid. Although he did.
Come on. You drop by for a cup of coffee, and the world's not ending? Please.
Connor ,'Not Fade Away'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Consuela - Jun 06, 2007 8:32:35 pm PDT #2767 of 28176
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
lisah - Jun 07, 2007 4:56:10 am PDT #2768 of 28176
Punishingly Intricate
body language indicated that he didn't want to be there, but he was gracious about it and Oprah didn't press him.
that's cool. I love people behaving like grown ups!
Toddson - Jun 07, 2007 5:09:18 am PDT #2769 of 28176
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
It has the charm of novelty.
DavidS - Jun 07, 2007 8:26:44 am PDT #2770 of 28176
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
One of my favorite prose stylists, Annie Dillard, has a new novel out.
Some gorgeous examples of that prose:
“in her company he wrapped himself in misery like a robe. Between them self-consciousness bulked as a river silts its channel.”
“His hot eyes cooled. Invisible clouds blocked the sky and its atmospheres where noises of people dissolve. The sea beside him, a monster with a lace hem, drained east.”
“Twice a day behind their house the tide boarded the sand. Four times a year the seasons flopped over. Clams live like this, but without so much reading.”
flea - Jun 07, 2007 8:53:58 am PDT #2771 of 28176
information libertarian
I regret to have to say I dislike Annie Dillard's prose style enough that I wasn't able to make it through that famous book she wrote. Um, the one about the pond, or whatever it was.
But I did babysit for her 5 year old daughter Rosie once, when I was in high school. What a rambunctious kid.
DavidS - Jun 07, 2007 8:55:08 am PDT #2772 of 28176
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Um, the one about the pond, or whatever it was.
corrected:
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Connie Neil - Jun 07, 2007 8:57:04 am PDT #2773 of 28176
brillig
I regret to have to say I dislike Annie Dillard's prose style enough that I wasn't able to make it through that famous book she wrote.
Oh, good, I was sitting here thinking, "Oh, dear, there goes my literary sophistication, that's some fairly overwrought stuff."
flea - Jun 07, 2007 8:59:16 am PDT #2774 of 28176
information libertarian
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. (I just went and looked it up.)
I am more an E. B. White kind of prose style fan.
Amy - Jun 07, 2007 9:04:24 am PDT #2775 of 28176
Because books.
Yeah, Annie Dillard is a little ... well, overwrought is as good a word as any. For me, anyway.
Connie Neil - Jun 07, 2007 9:04:33 am PDT #2776 of 28176
brillig
Roger Zelazny would go off into flights of twisting imagery, but he used it to describe a specific event/process/proceeding, and it was easy to skip if I wasn't in the mood for a verbal acid trip.