tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1950314625529967307.post6981044573712672674..comments2024-02-15T13:59:43.711-08:00Comments on How Jack London Changed My Life: Phillip Routhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03803146151771620210noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1950314625529967307.post-37704786769752375822014-10-17T14:20:35.057-07:002014-10-17T14:20:35.057-07:00Party Going was a huge disappointment.
In Loving ...<i>Party Going</i> was a huge disappointment. <br />In <i>Loving</i> Green wrote about servants, in <i>Living</i> about factory workers. In <i>PG</i> a group of rich young things prattle away. The vitality -- the magic -- of the other two novels is missing. <br />It took Green seven years to produce this very short book; I wonder why.Phillip Routhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03803146151771620210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1950314625529967307.post-15392893113924078732014-02-25T14:15:29.594-08:002014-02-25T14:15:29.594-08:00Today I read another Alice Munro story in the 2012...Today I read another Alice Munro story in the 2012 <i>Best American</i> -- "Axis." It wandered aimlessly and ended up nowhere special.<br />So she continues to write stories that do nothing for her reputation. And they still get published, still get praised.Phillip Routhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03803146151771620210noreply@blogger.com