Beside this temple dedicated to Fear, the Lacedaemonians have others consecrated to Death, Laughter, and similar powers.They honor Fear, not as a baleful spirit tobe propitiated, but because they regard itas the chief support of their body politic."- Plutarch, Agis and CleomenesThe stories in this c...
Sublime... large portions of this book are sheer brilliance.... Esp. fascinating to me was the meditation on the lyrical aspects of the Nazi self-consciousness in Ch. 9. Though often criticized for having written so little, a life that produced this book and Pilgram Hawk surely was not wasted. Wesc...
Wonderful little book - so good I think I'll read the editors introduction -- !
What a rich, rare book. Finished when he was 23 years old, 'The Apple of the Eye' shows every bit of bright promise that one could ask for. Wescott doesn't seem to have become as fully confident with narrative as he would be with 'The Grandmothers', but he draws vivid pictures of rural Wisconsin, an...
We can't always see the way of things until we're far removed from them. That's a truth in art, as well as in other areas. So it was when Glenway Wescott wrote his family, his Wisconsin home, and their collective pasts as 'The Grandmothers' while living in France. I've just read 'Glenway Wescott: Pe...
I read this book on a whim and recommendation from 'Lost Classics: Writers on Books Loved and Lost', where Jeffrey Eugenides wrote beautifully about 'The Pilgrim Hawk' and Glenway Wescott. There was something in the blurb about Wescott that struck a chord in me. I read 'The Pilgrim Hawk', looked up ...
Some of the writing was well-done, but I didn't find the plot all that interesting. The contrast between the action and the philosophizing was also quite abrupt, and I especially didn't care for the latter. I was rather disappointed with this book.
Wonderfully written, and the story is interesting, but failed to enthrall. Terrific cover.
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