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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