Sometimes a Great Notion

[Fiona Shnapple]

When VL showed up after GR I got to thinking about KK and how P fits
into this generation of POst Faulkners. Certainly the // with Morrison
are clear enough. Recent discussion of the narrative technique in BE
got me thinking about SAGN.

The novel uses the technique of having multiple characters speak
sequentially in the first person, with no announcement that the
first-person speaker has changed. A first reading can be confusing,
but subsequent readings reveal that Kesey always provides a clue,
quickly referring to the previously-presumed first character in the
third person. This technique allows Kesey to weave an intricate braid
of characters who reveal their motives in depth to the reader, but do
not communicate well with each other.

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