Lovely Language
Two novels I've recently picked up that have notable language are Gilead and Waxwings.
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson has as its narrator an old preacher who is writing a letter to his young son for the boy to read years after the preacher has died. The voice is simple and honest, and without being fancy-pants, it has a lyricism to it.
Waxwings by Jonathan Raban is realistic fiction set in Seattle. I've just started it so I'm vague about the storyline, but defintely taken with the images--such as a "dream-dashing" crash of a bicyle falling in the hall in the night.
category: reading
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson has as its narrator an old preacher who is writing a letter to his young son for the boy to read years after the preacher has died. The voice is simple and honest, and without being fancy-pants, it has a lyricism to it.
Waxwings by Jonathan Raban is realistic fiction set in Seattle. I've just started it so I'm vague about the storyline, but defintely taken with the images--such as a "dream-dashing" crash of a bicyle falling in the hall in the night.
category: reading
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