At 05:53 AM 10/17/02 -0700, you wrote:
>Brian said:
> > Toni Morrison is a hard read, period. She is a
true challenge (moreso
>even
> > that Faulkner). If my brain were bigger, I
would enjoy her more. I do
> > not, however, consider her to be remotely
hard-boiled.
>
>Thanks, Brian and Karin, for your comments on Toni
Morrison. I think I'll
>pass on her for a while. I don't do well with the
school of the obscure.
Just for clarity's sake, I'm not say that Morrison is
obscure, I'm saying that she's difficult. I'd rather read
Hemingway or Faulkner or Steinbeck if I'm going to work as
hard as Morrison's writing requires one to work in order to
get anything out of it.
Brian
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