by Denis Johnson, Bettina Abarbanell
A difficult read. It fehlt very melancholy for me, though it was told with some kind of distance.
A tall tale of the American West told with a very modern, humanistic writing style. The brutality of everyday existence in the old West is highlighted with great craft and beauty. The tall tale (less realistic) elements are all the more creepy because they are shared with the same no-nonsense pros...
I think this is the future of the western, exploiting the isolation, not just through characters, but also from civilization and technology. This short searing stare into a man's soul is a true showing of high lonesome. Robert Grainier is a railroad man, a man worked to the bone and sinew. A man who...
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