Shadow Country: A New Rendering of the Watson Legend (Audiobook)

from Girl_Detective

Mathiessen's historicized fictional Edgar Watson is a fascinating character. His story is interwoven with that of the state of Florida and a history of racism at the turn of the last century. The first section of the book is told from revolving viewpoints of people and relatives who knew Edgar Wa...

from dougwood57

Shadow Country is Peter Matthiessen's reworked rendering of his earlier trilogy of historical fiction relating the life of the brutal Florida pioneer Edgar J. Watson. This version still consists of three "books" and runs to almost 900 pages. I did not read the earlier version and so cannot offer ...

from dbsovereign

A bit of Faulkner, a bit of Twain in the [first part of the] story told by multiple narrators - each giving their own take on the life of E.J. Watson. The second part on how Watson's history comes to be written [by a son], and the third part told by Watson himself. You know from the beginning tha...

from dmsteyn

I am in blood Stepped in so far, that, should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o'er. - Macbeth, 3.4.157-9. Fabliau of Florida Barque of phosphor On the palmy beach, Move outward into heaven, Into the alabasters And night blues. Foam and cloud are one. Sultry moon-monsters Are disso...

from brenzi

I'm a huge fan of historical fiction so when this book came out I was sure I'd like it. However, it had a lot going against it. First of all, its' daunting length-just short of 900 pages of dense writing. Then the absolutely incredible number of characters-impossible to keep straight and the leng...