Ribh's D'Coopage

[MaryJanet]

While I recognize both names I'm sorry to say I've read neither of them. I read far less these days than I used to. My old eyes tire fast.

Their work was formative of the magical realism genre (unless I'm recalling things incorrectly again) which might be your cup of tea. The Stories of Eva Luna was how I became interested.

 

[Ribh]

I think I get what you're saying about Steinbeck and Hemingway. They don't leave much room for the reader's own imagination - am ion the right track?

Sort of. I was waiting @ the Drs for stitches in, stitches out when I replied, so perhaps not quite as clear as I might have been. I like language that builds word pictures so you can see really clearly in your own mind what the author is describing. For example, in HGWMV LLewellyn opens by talking about a blue cloth he's packing his belongings into. He could have said it was a foot by a foot square but he doesn't. He tells us it's the cloth his mother used to wear to cover her hair in the house ~ which tells you everything you need to know about it's size & feel, about time & place & social status. Oh, & this is a book that has chickens in it!

 

[Ribh]

Their work was formative of the magical realism genre (unless I'm recalling things incorrectly again) which might be your cup of tea. The Stories of Eva Luna was how I became interested.

I will try our library & see how I go. GGK sucked me in because he combines history with mythology to create realistic fantasy. I started with his The Finnovar Tapestry, which is Celtic & my area & he was more accurate than most.

 

[Ribh]

I would agree with that. Linear story tellers as well. When you are stalking a lion, it actually adds to the tension. When telling a love story, it works naught.

That's true too. Perhaps I just have problems with things being that straightforward & clear cut...? I don't mind jumping back & forward in time though some authors are better @ it than others.

 

[MaryJanet]

That's true too. Perhaps I just have problems with things being that straightforward & clear cut...? I don't mind jumping back & forward in time though some authors are better @ it than others.

John Banville's By The Sea has three timelines which are entwined in such a way that I never felt lost.

 

[RoyalChick]

I like beautiful language that evokes an emotional response so I loved How Green Was My Valley- the only book I've ever read where talk about food didn't infuriate me

Have you read The Debt to Pleasure? That puts food in a novel in a weirdly different way.

 

[Ribh]

Despite all the side tracking I do still keep chickens!

Let's all bury her!

 

[Ribh]

Have you read The Debt to Pleasure? That puts food in a novel in a weirdly different way.

I haven't ~ but it sounds like one I could add to my reading pile. The Waterlily does something sort of similar.

 

[MaryJanet]

John Banville's By The Sea has three timelines which are entwined in such a way that I never felt lost.

Whoops, i got the title wrong. The correct title is The Sea.

 

[Ribh]

Whoops, i got the title wrong. The correct title is The Sea.

That's better! I looked up the 1st title & thought that didn't sound like you @ all.