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Monument Road (2013)

by Charlie Quimby(Favorite Author)

4.09 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1937226255 (ISBN13: 9781937226251)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Torrey House Press

review 1: If you enjoy well crafted characters, fully developed and knowable, I would recommend this book. So many contemporary writers seem to put little value on character development - not the case here. Monument Road allows the reader to move in with a group of people and understand them - except for the ones that aren't understandable. The setting on the western slope is as important a character as the people. The reader drives the road to the ranch so often and in such detail - both personal, geological and historical - that if I ever end up on this road I believe I will recognize it. The book is beautifully written. Great descriptions. The synopsis on this site and others may lead you to believe it is a depressing story, but that is not the case. It is a beautiful love... more story, funny in places and ultimately positive. If I have a quibble, it's that the structure is sometimes difficult to follow and there are so many characters to track. I urge the reader to get through the sometimes difficult middle to the last third. Your perseverance will be rewarded.
review 2: In prose as spare and unsentimental as the landscape he describes, Charlie Quimby tells the story of Leonard Self, a Colorado rancher who promised his wife that, a year to the day after her death, he would scatter her ashes off a cliff near Monument Road. He sets out to do just that and plans to jump, himself. This is one of those rare novels I'll re-read right away — going back to search for missed clues and to appreciate the utter deliciousness of Quimby's writing. BTW, "delicious" is a word so fancy he'd never use it, but it certainly applies to this tour de force. Bravo! less

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