Possibly only a bit less glum
Iām enjoying this although itās a bit too āfacts presented without commentā, at least in chapter 1 (all Iāve read).
Maddening that all this incredible sounding film scores get mentioned but you can barely find anything online to hear. And even when you look up the film itās such a random upload you canāt be sure itās that guyās score.
Also the random deadnaming of Wendy Carlos for The Shining was a shock but I guess even as recently as 2008 she was probably miscredited (or else heās going off old books).
Clock with hands was excellent
Mccullers has a particular brand of that Southern gothic melodrama thatās laced with melancholy. The story is about a bigoted judge in the South whose ideas are challenged by his liberal grandson and his black house boy. If that sounds a little tacky/cliched, then McCullers skill and tact as a writer more than make up for it. Every character has their own wounds and backstory, and McCullers displays a knack for getting to the heart and soul of them. As an examination of racial tensions and intolerance in 20th century America itās up there with the likes of To kill a Mockingbirdā¦not sure why it has been so forgotten.
also just about to finish the Temple of Dawn by Yukio Mishima
this is the third part in his tetralogy that he completed just before his death
this has been the least enjoyable and most challenging so far. it continues following the exploits of Honda, the reserved lawyer as he wanders through the upper echelons of Japanese society. there is a lot of religious symbolism and discussion of spiritualityā¦the idea of karma and reincarnation. this is quite important when you consider Mishimaās death- he committed seppuku and I believe this idea of an afterlife was something that was running through his mind at the time. unfortunately this part of the story lacks the same vitality/drama as previous parts, and I wonder if Honda was the most interesting character to follow through the series.
I finished Tender Is The Flesh - it was both awful and amazing in equal measure. Pretty pretty pretty bleak and it will probably put you off beefburgers for a while.
Started The White Boy Shuffle by Paul Beatty last night. Itās reminded me of the bits I didnāt love about The Sellout so far but Iām only 20 pages in.
wow, you arenāt wrong! this is the entirety of the wiki article about it
Clock Without Hands is American author Carson McCullersā final novel. It was published on September 18, 1961 by Houghton Mifflin.
The book received primarily positive reviews. Kirkus Reviews stated that the novel āembellishes an already fine literary reputation though it lacks the sting of [McCullersā] previous workā[1] while The Atlantic called the book āthe masterly new novel by Carson McCullers.ā[2]
perhaps itās because people get the title wrong!
yeah itās very strangeā¦donāt think itās far from the standard of the Heart is a Lonely Hunter
Saga is so good. Having to ration it as I donāt want it to be over.
I read Kim Jiyoung Born 1982 today and it was really interesting and oppressive (in a good way)
Got 3 short books out the library so gonna have to get my read on with the other two arenāt I
I was going to buy the big complete volume for the first half but not got around to it, because reading it in small chunks was making it hard to remember what happened before.
Iām a bit concerned theyāre still on hiatus though, given itāll take (presumably) another 6 years to finish it when they come back.
Did you read Paper Girls? Very good, if short.
Thought theyād announced it was back this year, but a cursory search suggests āsoonā
Tbh of what weāve had so far, I really really loved the first books but felt the back end got a bit repetitive and subject to diminishing returns, so hopefully the break has reinvigorated them. If they can consistently reach the level of the first four or five books for the rest of it, itāll be an all timer.
girl, woman, other is dead good
On my t-r list, Iām hoping I can borrow it from a library or a friend. Canāt afford to buy every series I want to read, unfortunately!
My friend gave me Volume 1 as a present and I then bought Compendium second hand, it was worth it as I have several people in mind to lend it to and I havenāt finished it yet but Iām already sure Iāll re-read it.
No, fair enough! Hopefully youāll find them.
Iāll buy the Saga compendium on Comixology most likely as one of the reasons I bought the Surface Pro was to be able to have the option to read digital comics āfull sizeā and itās just a big thing to find a place for otherwise.
Good plan! I hope you enjoy it
Also, finally got around to starting The Lathe of Heaven last night and am already halfway through. Canāt wait to get home from work later and continue with it.
Cheers. Looking at my purchase history, I borrowed volumes 1-5 off my mate and then started trying to buy it monthly from Image but got waylaid at issue 35 when (as I say) I realised not having my own copies to hand to refer back to was making keeping up very hard.
will be interested when you finish it, a few chapters really didnāt work for me on their own merits most of the ones about younger people, but they still fit pretty well into the overarching story
Borne and Southern Reach were great. Iāve just finished Dead Astronauts which is set in the same world as Borne - I think Vandermeer was trying to fully embrace his surreal side with it and I found myself struggling to pull together threads at the end (although I liked it)
Would be curious to get your thoughts if youāve read it?