I live in Eugene, Oregon where the book is based on. People do not know how great Brautigan was and he is forgotten for the most part in the area. I try to tell people to check him out.
I really love this book. I am currently rereading it. My other favorite book by Brautigan is In Watermelon Sugar. People who like books with a childish narrative might like books by Nodar Dumbadze, such as I See the Sun or Granny, Illiko, Illarion and I.
I'm nearly finished with reading this book, but to be honest, it's not the kind of book I would pick up again to read. I'm generally not fond of children, as narrators, and since this is a look back into the narrator's past (current day is 1979), looking back into the events from the mid-1940s to 1948, I found discrepancies between the narrator's adult and child voice which I found jarring. Also, this kind of backwoods northwestern small town tale is not the kind of story I normally go for. I tend to prefer more sensory, dense and descriptive writing which is not Brautigan's style. I really appreciate your review, though. Thanks.
Many thanks! I perfectly understand that. I've commited the tragic error of re-reading Catcher in the Rye in my forties...For me, it comes to down to having raised a kid.After that, you never wanna hear their opinion on absolutely nothing...
This is my favorite book of all time.
I live in Eugene, Oregon where the book is based on. People do not know how great Brautigan was and he is forgotten for the most part in the area. I try to tell people to check him out.
Thanks for the info, Joseph, I didn't know that.and thanks for preaching the Brautigan Gospel, I'm trying to do that in Portugal myself...
I really love this book. I am currently rereading it. My other favorite book by Brautigan is In Watermelon Sugar.
People who like books with a childish narrative might like books by Nodar Dumbadze, such as I See the Sun or Granny, Illiko, Illarion and I.
Thanks for your comment and suggestions, Irina. Watermelon Sugar is next on my list...
I'm nearly finished with reading this book, but to be honest, it's not the kind of book I would pick up again to read. I'm generally not fond of children, as narrators, and since this is a look back into the narrator's past (current day is 1979), looking back into the events from the mid-1940s to 1948, I found discrepancies between the narrator's adult and child voice which I found jarring. Also, this kind of backwoods northwestern small town tale is not the kind of story I normally go for. I tend to prefer more sensory, dense and descriptive writing which is not Brautigan's style. I really appreciate your review, though. Thanks.
Many thanks! I perfectly understand that. I've commited the tragic error of re-reading Catcher in the Rye in my forties...For me, it comes to down to having raised a kid.After that, you never wanna hear their opinion on absolutely nothing...