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review 2014-02-05 14:35
Eunoia Review!
Eunoia - Christian Bök,Christian Bök

Christian Bok's Eunoia, a book of prose poems confined to the use of a single vowel per chapter, uses a density and texture of expression uncommon even among poetry. As an aspiring writer and lover of language, I could not help but swoon over the absolute brilliance and musicality of Bok's language in this collection. I got introduced to so many wonderful words!

 

Remarkably, each chapter told a coherent and engaging story without straying from its assigned vowel. I thoroughly enjoyed seeing how the English language (though Bok does add phrases from other languages) can still deliver a narrative with great artistic merit under harsh constraints. Inspirational.

 

I found the reading experience very engaging, and the book, being short, was easy to complete in a single sitting; however, I will definitely be rereading this in the future because so much can be gained from a second, closer reading. 

 

I would recommend this book to any poetry or language enthusiasts. There is honestly so much texture and richness to the language in this collection. I also think this could be a great introduction to poetry for readers who are interested, but don't know where to start. The foundation of narrative, and also the prose format, may make the transition into poetry more manageable for readers used to prose fiction. 

 

Great book, one of my favourite volumes of poetry!

 

Happy Reading!

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text 2014-02-01 15:20
February TBR!
Eunoia - Christian Bök
The People of Paper - Salvador Plascencia
House of Leaves - Mark Z. Danielewski
The Songlines - Bruce Chatwin
The Fault in Our Stars - John Green

This month I have to focus almost entirely on school-related reading, but I'm actually really excited for most of it!

 

For my experimental contemporary lit class, I'm going to be reading Eunoia by Christian Bok, People of Paper by Salvador Plascencia, and House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski. And, for my travel writing course, I will be reading Bruce Chatwin's The Songlines. I will be posting reviews for each of these toward the end of the month.

 

I'm also going to reread John Green's The Fault in Our Stars. It just has to happen. I'm unreasonably excited for the movie coming out this summer, and would love to re-experience the book beforehand. 

 

I'm still making my way through The Return of the King, but with all the heavy, analytical reading that I have to do this month, I think that it's wisest to put it on pause.

 

What are you planning to read this month?

 

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review 2009-02-05 00:00
Eunoia - Christian Bök A mad, bad, glad Dada blast. Expect sex, sex, sex:

The rest of this review is in my book If Research Were Romance and Other Implausible Conjectures
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