Re: RARA-AVIS: Jerome Charyn
Peter Walker (pw@pw.cablenet.co.uk)
Fri, 26 Jun 1998 11:20:46 +0000
> <<Are there any other fans of Charyn out there. I
would argue that his
> Isaac Sidel books are amongst the best ever written in
(or out) of
> the genre.>>
> Here's a Charyn fan. I certainly believe he's one of
the finest stylists
> working now, and genre has nothing to do with it. I
recently read "Dark
> Lady of Belorusse," a memoir of his mother. There's a
mythopoeic, Damon
> Runyanesque quality to it. And if Charyn's mother was
anything like how he
> depicts her . . . well, it explains a few things about
the sorts of
> characters he creates. -- Duane
Another book which helps explain Charyns writing - how he
'sees' New
York and how his characters react to the maddness around them -
is
"Metropolis: New york as Myth, Marketplace ans Magicland"
Few writers have captured the anarchy and crazyness around him.
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Peter Walker
Formerly 'pete@u-net.windy.com' and
'peter@thewillows.demon.co.uk
Sometimes 'mattscudder@yahoo.com
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