

Bezig met laden... All the King's Men (1946)door Robert Penn Warren
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![]() Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. A beautiful book. It has a poetic feel while the plot inexorably moves to its climax. ( ![]() In the age of Trump, this is a wonderful book. Especially the revised edition. It has been 45 years since I last read All the Kings Men and I found it much more profound today than when I was young. 50 pages in - like this very much, the language, the feel 200 pages in - still digging it. this Jack Burden, a cynical, aloof narrator, neither offering opinions to others nor asking questions, always listening...love him as the presenter of this story this is an über-Southern book. i'm working off this list - https://main.oxfordamerican.org/magazine/item/470-the-best-southern-novels-of-al... - having first read Absalom, Absalom! (#1 on the list), now reading this (#2). i've got to say, simply as a "reader" engaging with a "story", this book is SO MUCH MORE enjoyable than Absalom, Absalom!. Absalom, Absalom! gets so nebulous, and i'm sure there are readers that love it for what they see as its artistry. Penn Warren's language has its own beauty and there is definitely artistry in it, yet it is visceral, direct, very removed from Faulkner's "Faulkner-ness". still a long way to go in the story. i'm interested to see if i get bored with it, i usually do with longer books (this one is 642 pp). 300 pages in - still going pretty strong. the Cass Mastern story was somewhat, not extremely, interesting. seemed to go on too long. 420 pages in - 4 stars - Warren does a good job writing about the summer Jack and Anne's romantic relationship started. very engaging like 30 pages from the end - i've enjoyed this book. it is worth reading, and maintains momentum well/fairly well for a longer work. i have to say some of the "theorizing" such as "The Twitch", while i appreciated the attempt, i don't feel Warren pulled those approaches off completely successfully. NOTE: the "n" word appears in this book Case 13 shelf 1 Fiction
Robert Penn Warren's "All the King's Men" is magnificently vital reading, a book so charged with dramatic tension it almost crackles with blue sparks, a book so drenched with fierce emotion, narrative pace and poetic imagery that its stature as a "readin' book," as some of its characters would call it, dwarfs that of most current publications. Here, my lords and ladies, is no book to curl up with in a hammock, but a book to read until 3 o'clock in the morning, a book to read on trains and subways, while waiting for street cars and appointments, while riding elevators or elephants. Onderdeel van de uitgeversreeks(en)Limited Editions Club (S:49.05) Is opgenomen inHeeft de bewerkingHeeft als een commentaar op de tekstHeeft als studiegids voor studenten
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