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i have a barnes and noble gift card and no clue how i want to spend it...even though it's a gift card i'm not a big fan of spending a good bit on a book i've never read...i think i'll get suttree, but will still have at least $35 or so to spend
Really wanted to love this...and parts of it were quite excellent. But it didn't quite get there for me. Overwritten and self-consciously SWEEPING WESTERN EPIC. Raced through the first 50 pages then took about 3 weeks trudging through the rest. Still pretty stunning for a first novel so I'll def check out what he does next.
i'm reading some joshua clover poems online for free because most all of my books are gone
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This sounds fucked up and weird, am eager to get into it:
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Asa’s husband is transferring jobs, and his new office is located near his family’s home in the countryside. During an exceptionally hot summer, the young married couple move in, and Asa does her best to quickly adjust to their new rural lives, to their remoteness, to the constant presence of her in-laws and the incessant buzz of cicadas. While her husband is consumed with his job, Asa is left to explore her surroundings on her own: she makes trips to the supermarket, halfheartedly looks for work, and tries to find interesting ways of killing time.
One day, while running an errand for her mother-in-law, she comes across a strange creature, follows it to the embankment of a river, and ends up falling into a hole—a hole that seems to have been made specifically for her. This is the first in a series of bizarre experiences that drive Asa deeper into the mysteries of this rural landscape filled with eccentric characters and unidentifiable creatures, leading her to question her role in this world, and eventually, her sanity.
Joined: Wed January 02, 2013 6:02 am Posts: 9712 Location: Tristes Tropiques
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I'm giving Swann's Way a go, finally.
Beautiful book. One of my all-time favorites. You have to really commit to "Swann in Love" to get the payoff but it's arguably better than "Combray."
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its really tiresome to see these ¨good guys¨ talking about any political stuff in tv while also being kinda funny and hip and cool....its just...please enough of this shit.
Oh yeah, finished this several weeks ago. I happened to coincidentally be teaching MLK's Letter from Birmingham Jail in class as I was reading this which I think was a really excellent way to experience this one. Fascinating to the see the similarities and differences between the two essays. I usually bill LFBJ as the best thing we read in the class and now I'm looking forward to pulling some excerpts from Baldwin and doing some comparative readings in future years.
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