Master of Petersburg

[David Morris]

Well I guess I enjoy "grim" a bit.  But "Diary" isn't really grim
except in the somewhat sober and subtle acknowledgements that the
elder author's days and powers are waning, and that death is somewhere
off in the wings.  But...

***SPOILER ALERT - DON"T READ IF SPOILER SQUEAMISH!!!***

...I gotta admit that the hot babe's implied role as the author's
future pschopomp was a clunker for me.  NOT subtle.

"Dusklands" was also my first exposure to Coetzee, also from the
recommendation from someone on this list, whom I also can't recall.
Very good and very dark.

David Morris

On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 1:07 PM, Thomas Eckhardt
<thomas.eckhardt at uni-bonn.de> wrote:
> Well, if by "fun read" you mean that "Diary of a Bad Year" is not quite as grim as Coetzee's other novels...
>
[snip]
>
> to Pynchon's concerns and some of his techniques (in "V.") is "Dusklands". I am still very grateful to the list member (cfa?) who once recommended the book . It was my introduction to a great writer.