- One Flew Over a Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey.
Finished 4/6. This book was very good and I think the movie lost a
little bit by not being "told" through the eyes of Chief like the book
is. I thought Nurse Ratched was creepier in the book. The imagery of
the Combine of society and the need to make everyone "adjusted" and
into perfect cogs and wheels and machine parts was pulled off very
well.
- a bad man by Stanley Elkin.
Finished 4/14. I don’t have much to say on this, I think Elkin’s
writing is fantastic, his word choices, imagery, and conversation
writing skills are really well done. The question the book asks about
whether having an independent self vs. being adaptable in society is
"better" is interesting. But for whatever reason, the book just really
didn’t grab me or do a whole lot for me.
- Sula by Toni Morrison. Finished 4/17. Beautifully written book (of course), will write more later.
~ by kelly on Friday, 8 December 2006.
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