Anachronistic. Clearly this book is written WAY before our time. Early on, he delivers to a church with a name but no address, for example. And, his talk of "girls" would not be tolerated these days. Part 3, Ch 17 someone "belt-whipped" a woman. No recognition of the woman here. The racial references are bald and without reflection.
May 13, 2023·edited May 13, 2023Liked by Arjun Madgavkar
Now, this is a book with dialogue I can read much easier than Faulkner.
I've never read this novel and thought it was fun. It was an easy read, not too contemplative, just contemplative enough. I particularly liked the ending with the pregnancy, the dismissal notices and then, of course, the return to the bottle.
This writer will always stand apart from all other American writers in that he's just so willing to be brash with literary style, like Burroughs. A little "blue" (as they used to say), without getting sloppy. LOL
"There's nothing suffering about being a writer," he says. "It's easy . . . . It's like just like drinking forever. You just get drunker and drunker and the drinks keep coming," as he sips from his wine glass. Good God. Hilarious. This "style", if you will, is why I liked Post Office.
Specific notes on Post Office:
Anachronistic. Clearly this book is written WAY before our time. Early on, he delivers to a church with a name but no address, for example. And, his talk of "girls" would not be tolerated these days. Part 3, Ch 17 someone "belt-whipped" a woman. No recognition of the woman here. The racial references are bald and without reflection.
These things would never happen now.
But, yet, I like the style.
Now, this is a book with dialogue I can read much easier than Faulkner.
I've never read this novel and thought it was fun. It was an easy read, not too contemplative, just contemplative enough. I particularly liked the ending with the pregnancy, the dismissal notices and then, of course, the return to the bottle.
This writer will always stand apart from all other American writers in that he's just so willing to be brash with literary style, like Burroughs. A little "blue" (as they used to say), without getting sloppy. LOL
Thanks for the link! I hope you're well.
"There's nothing suffering about being a writer," he says. "It's easy . . . . It's like just like drinking forever. You just get drunker and drunker and the drinks keep coming," as he sips from his wine glass. Good God. Hilarious. This "style", if you will, is why I liked Post Office.
ALSO, for the Community, am continuing to slog through War and Peace ... December is coming.