Posted by octopusprime on March 30, 2004, at 20:43:30
In reply to Re: Who read what, posted by rainyday on March 30, 2004, at 18:23:19
> Plus I have never read any Beat poets or authors. Any suggestions....well rainyday
i read "on the road" right before i went on a road trip and it was brilliant, fascinating, insightful, everything i wanted in a book. highly recommended. (i wish i hadn't given away my copy so i could re-read it ... it must have been three years ago now that i read that book)
so i went back to kerouac and tried to read some more. i read "orpheus emerged", a "lost" early book. it was dull and plodding. none of the characters came to life. boring. not recommended.
then i tried a later book, "desolation angels". i quit this book after 75 pages. this book includes page long screeds of the dude going mad from loneliness in the mountains. these screeds do not include periods or paragraphs. as a female, i find periods reassuring and require them in my novels. not recommended.
i will happily take other recommendations though ...
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