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"Before you know it as the years go by, you're just like other people you have seen, with all those peculiar human ailments. Just another vehicle for temper and vanity and rashness and all the rest. Who wants it? Who needs it? These things occupy the place where a man's soul should be." -- Henderson the Rain King

Sunday, December 04, 2005

Edisto

Book #51 for me this year was Padgett Powell's coming-of-age novel Edisto. It's one damn fine book by one damn fine writer (and I'm not just saying that because he's from Gainesville). The man has a way with words that's truly unequaled. You should read it, but if you don't believe me here's Walker Percy's (another damn fine writer) blurb from the back of the book:

'Edisto is a truly remarkable first novel, both as a narrative and in its extraordinary use of language. It reminds one of The Catcher in the Rye, but it's better - sharper, funnier, and more poignant'.

Pretty hard to beat that.

posted by Jamie at 10:44 PM

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I agree...I had the distinct pleasure of hanging out with Padgett and taking classes with him. He's a silent genius in his own right, and his novel is sparse and moving. I also read Edisto Revisited, but found it lacking the same voice quality that was apparent in Edisto.

from JB class of 96

11:08 AM

 

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