Sex Without Feeling Hawkes, John (1974). Death, Sleep, & the Traveler. New York: New Directions. I ran across several references to Hawkes’ novels as “literary mysteries,” and I’m interested in that, so I took a look at two of his short … Continue reading
Art Transcends; Sex Lies. Winterson, Jeanette. (1994). Art & Lies. New York:Vintage Idly, I picked up this book in a used book shop. The publisher’s blurb on the back said it was “…a daring novel that burns with phosphorescent prose on … Continue reading
A Poetic Puzzle Ondaatje, Michael (1996/1976). Coming Through Slaughter. New York: Vintage. This is an experimental historical novel based loosely on the true story of Jazz musician Buddy Bolden, a giant of early New Orleans music. He flourished at the beginning … Continue reading
Impressions of Horror Saterstrom, Selah (2004). The Pink Institution. St. Paul, MN: Coffee House Press. This experimental novel features four generations of Mississippi females from 1940 to the early 2000’s. They are shown in a set of impressions, poems, quotations … Continue reading
Haunting Characters In Search of a Story Duras, Marguerite (1985). The Lover. New York: Random. In Saigon, before the Vietnam war, an impoverished, naive, adolescent French girl acquires an older Chinese lover. Her family is struggling with subsistence, and he … Continue reading