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Originally Posted by Ea
Aha! I didnøt know that some of his novels were considered 'less successful' so it just sounded a little 'odd'  Interestingly though, I got stuck early in "Widow for a year" and haven't read anything by him since (tried "son of the circus" but got stuck as well). Perhaps I should try this book. Thanks very much for the recommendation
Chaotic? You don't say! I think that was why I got stuck in several Dickens novels  |
I'm thinking you might want to read "
The World According to Garp," [if you haven't already done so], since it's the novel that really helped to define a generation and the novel that brought him both critical and popular recognition.
Although his current novel is certainly a fine novel so far (and I'm also still reading it), it doesn't compare - for me - to the way "
Garp" shattered my conceptions of characterizations and story-telling, and made me forever a fan of his writing.
The fact, when all is said and done, is that I realy like his writing. Perhaps, for you, he's just one of those authors that doesn't speak to you personally - which is OK, of course. And maybe that's it for me, in that I feel some kind of relationship to his writing.
Don