From the start I was thrown for a loop. My expectations involved creepy mountain castles and electric storms not ships sailing the Arctic seas. The beginning wasn't the only thing that broke the mould of my expectations, for the novel as a whole was wholly other than that which I had envisioned it t...
A nightmare of the wasted lives of alcoholics who fear life and love drink so much that they can't even leave their bar. Makes me glad I find the taste of alcohol unpleasant.The format and the progression of this play is generally similar to Long Day's Journey Into Night, although with about three t...
Hilarious and brilliant. If I were to read again I might approach with more patience, an episode at a time, instead of chunks of 50 to 75 pages at a time when I could. There are a lot of great, big discussions going on and a lot of foolishness. It's like a hall of mirrors, kind of leading you to loo...
I was having a hard time with Hart Crane so I dug this out of it's little hidden cubby and decided to actually read it(its a miracle I remembered where it was). It was a good little essay introduction for me although I still haven't read enough poetry in the past to really make reading Hart Crane a...
Wonderful collection of stories, poetry, and fables that are separated by season. The girls and I read all of Autumn in September, October and November. Now that's January, we will start on Winter.
Five stars for Crane's poetry, two for Harold Bloom's BS introduction.I made the mistake of reading the dreadful Harold Bloom introductory essay first. What a pile of bullshit. It was awful. I'll give you a taste:"Crane who suffered forever the curse of sundered parentage, never could settle on a...
Full review over at the SFF Book ReviewIn one line?An intriguing story about responsibility and what makes us human, interspliced with too much landscape description - still a wholeheartedly recommended gothic horror title!
Cormac McCarthy is a contradictory writer to me. His work at once speaks of academic brilliance while his choice of using often archaic words indicates an incredible vocabulary. I can see that he truly does know how to write. Yet his decision in every work I have read to date to throw off convention...
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