by Russell Banks, Arturo Patten
From Casual Debris. In Russell Banks's Affliction, small town New Hampshire police officer and local well digger Wade Whitehouse is having a crummy week. A crummy week following a crummy life. Overall a powerful novel, with some great characters, dialogue and absolutely fine writing. Then why di...
From Casual Debris.Small town New Hampshire police officer and local well digger Wade Whitehouse is having a crummy week. A crummy week following a crummy life. Overall a powerful novel, with some great characters, dialogue and absolutely fine writing.Then why did it take me three weeks to finish th...
Some nice descriptions of man's bestial nature, especially likening main character Wade's physical appearance and psychology to, early on, Neanderthal man and later, a bear. The metaphor of the deer hunt had a lot of potential, but I think wasn't fully realized.However, there were also extended per...
A sad and powerful story, this is one of the best novels I've read so far this year. Early on there's a sentence about the snow falling and gravity, and I can't help but think of it as a metaphor for Wade, the main character, who seems hellbent on a path to his inevitable ruin. Banks is somewhat of ...
I read this book in the middle of winter while living in Maine, which may have been a little dangerous. A dark tale of inheritance of family pain. I especially liked Wade's brother as the unreliable narrator, relating details he couldn't possibly know. The film version is an excellent adaptation.
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