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Legende Van Een Zelfmoord (2008)

by David Vann(Favorite Author)

3.76 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

9023458427 (ISBN13: 9789023458425)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

De Bezige Bij

review 1: This review is from end of 2009, I am just now adding to Goodreads:I seem to be in the minority, and I almost feel guilty that I did not love David Vann’s novel - my father took his own life when I was eight, so I have an obvious interest in the subject matter. However, I found the book too dislocating & jarring with its shifting perspectives and ‘facts’, and when ‘the terrible thing’ (which seems to have invoked near-reverence in some readers) happens, it seems almost farcical – I found it hard to engage with the narrative anymore. Still, Vann’s writing gets under your skin, undeniably, and I don’t regret reading, but I could not read stories 5 or 6, I was emotionally exhausted, and also felt the perspectives had run out of steam. After Sukkwan Island, eve... morerything pales. I probably enjoyed the opening stories more, I liked the moments of slight humour. Maybe 2 and a half, rather than two stars.
review 2: A bit of a strange book same theme throughout but different short stories, found it a bit confusing and unfinished. The back of the book lead me to believe the father kills himself but the main story in bulk of the book tells a different story. It hasn't put me off the author though something about his writing and the darkness of it has me intrigued so I won't write him off just yet. Just started Last Day on Earth and 50 pages in I'm hooked. less

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