Guess I'll read with pen in hand!
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Eureka!
Having recently finished reading Junot Diaz's The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao I've been left to cast about for another book holding language that sizzles. I picked up Driftless by David Rhodes--a fine book, yet I set it down with my itch unscratched. Last night, however, restlessly searching my bookshelves, I found a copy of Barry Hannah's novel Yonder Stands Your Orphan and I was off to the word races! As I am only a few pages into the book I have no summation to offer, but I can offer my enthusiasm for Hannah's craft. As the poet Charles Simic remarks, " Hannah is the only novelist whose sentences I keep underlining and underlining..."
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OK. You're the second person to recommend Barry Hannah. I tried Tennis Handsome, and just couldn't get through it; found myself missing the story in all the words. Maybe I should give Yonder Stands Your Orphan a try...?
Well, he does have that Southern writing gene that truly revels in verbosity. That has put me off before, yet I find if I can drink in long draughts of his prose it helps. Of course, you might want to try his debut volume of short-stories entitled Airships. A modern classic...
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