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the book the movie is about
Sep. 6th, 2009 12:59 amThe Stones of Summer, by Dow Mossman
I read this book because of a wonderful movie (sort of about the book) named Stone Reader which I heartily recommend to ANYONE who likes geeking out about books... I can't heartily recommend the book so broadly, but it's absolutely brilliant none the less. It's just that it's a hot mess of a book, with about 15 different things going on (about 12 of which I dug really intensely) and it's very very demanding. Yet there are parts where it's so utterly emotionally convincing that I was completely swept away by it ... and I've stayed up very late finishing it because no way was I giving it back to the library - I had to finish it NOW NOW NOW. If you like somewhat experimental weird-ass fiction of the 60s/70s, it's gotta be among the best. The dialogue and characters felt Velveteen Rabbit real.
(172/275)
I read this book because of a wonderful movie (sort of about the book) named Stone Reader which I heartily recommend to ANYONE who likes geeking out about books... I can't heartily recommend the book so broadly, but it's absolutely brilliant none the less. It's just that it's a hot mess of a book, with about 15 different things going on (about 12 of which I dug really intensely) and it's very very demanding. Yet there are parts where it's so utterly emotionally convincing that I was completely swept away by it ... and I've stayed up very late finishing it because no way was I giving it back to the library - I had to finish it NOW NOW NOW. If you like somewhat experimental weird-ass fiction of the 60s/70s, it's gotta be among the best. The dialogue and characters felt Velveteen Rabbit real.
(172/275)
