> oh yes!!!! at last somebody has the courage to trashshshshsh that unbearable > third-rate metaphor avalanche, toni morrison. please somebody take care of > paul auster next. > no one comes close to the classics. no one. i read contemporaries only if > it's something like joe keenan, you know, american comedy style novels. the > rest of my time i devote to casual sex and edith wharton. > > wallyK, so much like mark from seattle sometimes. must be my moon in taurus. >
Wallushska, we're not going to discuss what's in (or been in) your moon! I do have to admit that I have read one Toni Morrison novel and of course it's 'Beloved'. But I do think it's an amazing book. I confess, there was some of it that I just didn't get and those parts may have been a bit more obtuse than necessary. But overall I think 'Beloved' is a powerful and beautiful work. To each his own. I may not be as enthusiastic about any of Morrison's other books if I ever get around to reading any of them. I've been reading the Joni bio. When I finish that I will either take up Virginia Woolf's 'The Voyage Out' or re-read Hardy's 'Far From the Madding Crowd' which I don't think I've read since high school. I picked both of these up recently in one of Seattle's many used book stores. One of the many reasons I feel in love with the place 23 years ago... Mark E.
