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Fall Of Frost: A Novel (2008)

by Brian Hall(Favorite Author)

3.25 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

067001866X (ISBN13: 9780670018666)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Viking Adult

review 1: Although many readers are annoyed by all the time jumps, I found them purposeful (if not sometimes distracting): Hall's use of snapshot images blur time, much like memories. I knew nothing of Frost before reading this and have to say the portrait is haunting and thorough. I appreciate that almost every chapter had a footnoted source to remind us that despite the dreamy non-linear narrative, all this is rooted in fact... which, of course, makes Frost all the more tragic. Hall conveys his rage, his arrogance, his regrets and instability with delicacy. When Frost realizes poetry wasn't (as he'd originally believed), his way of experiencing life but instead his way of avoiding it... well, ouch. He was a complicated and lonely man. I may not have loved the book, or liked the po... moreet, but his experiences and suffering linger nonetheless.
review 2: This was very different from anything I've read before. Although it is a novel - it is poetry throughout and I liked it. It was challenging to read - I really had to stay focused and keep an open mind. It jumped around between years, back and forth, back and forth and again. I enjoyed learning about Robert Frost and had no idea how much tragedy there was. I liked how the author presented the story of Frost's life. It was very creative. less

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