Book recommendations?
Carol
justcarol67 at yahoo.com
Mon May 5 14:39:56 UTC 2008
Ali wrote:
> If you're into translations, Soul Mountain by Gao Xingjian (Mabel
Lee translation), winner of a Nobel for literature, is absolutely
brilliant. It's written in second person, which can be grating for
long durations but manages to somehow not be in this ~500 pgs novel.
<snip>
Carol responds:
Written in second person ("you")? How does that work? I don't
understand how a novel could be about the person addressed.
Carol, too confused to explore the question further
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