O Lost : A Story of the Buried Life (Hardcover)

from Vinculus

While I didn't read this in long sittings, I don't think I would have wanted to. It turned out to be more of a slog than I anticipated. Some interesting moments, but over all just not what I'd hoped for.

from BeauxArts79

It's clear Wolfe is a genius of prose though not, I would suggest, of narrative.

from datrappert

It is easy to see why an editor would be tempted to take this--the original version of what came to be Look Homeward Angel--and cut it, rearrange it, and smooth it out to be more of a normal novel, as if anything written in Wolfe's luxuriant prose could be normal. I read Look Homeward Angel many ...

from datrappert

It is easy to see why an editor would be tempted to take this--the original version of what came to be Look Homeward Angel--and cut it, rearrange it, and smooth it out to be more of a normal novel, as if anything written in Wolfe's luxuriant prose could be normal. I read Look Homeward Angel many ...