Joshua Corey
Auteur van The Arcadia Project: North American Postmodern Pastoral (New Series)
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The Arcadia Project: North American Postmodern Pastoral (New Series) (2012) — Redacteur — 28 exemplaren
Planets of a Cold Spring 1 exemplaar
Redrum Natura 1 exemplaar
Tagged
Algemene kennis
- Geboortedatum
- 1970
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- New York, New York, USA
- Woonplaatsen
- Evanston, Illinois, USA
- Opleiding
- Vassar College
University of Montana
Cornell University - Beroepen
- associate professor (English)
- Organisaties
- Lake Forest College
- Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- Stegner Fellow, Stanford University, Dorset Prize (Tupleo Press)
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Statistieken
- Werken
- 12
- Leden
- 105
- Populariteit
- #183,191
- Waardering
- 4.3
- Besprekingen
- 1
- ISBNs
- 10
The story gently unfolds through the central character Ruth and the figures in her background. The descriptions of the inner worlds of Ruth and others around her lineage are exquisite, how they relate and respond to their own particular situations and to what is happening in the world around them.
This all creates a swirling, fluid feeling as the prose unfolds the story. At times I felt lost, forgetting where I had come from and having no sense of where I was heading having become lost in the elegant descriptions I was reading in the present.
Once I allowed the story to take me and abandon any preconceptions I had, my experience became richer. I read this while commuting and often found myself drifting off admiring the the beautiful sunny mid winter view unfolding in front of me while reflecting on the vivid descriptions of the story.
A beautiful, beautiful book.… (meer)