And I don't feel the love of England in this book that I feel for Japan in his other stuff.
It's one way in which he twists the "genre" a little.Most semi-autobiographical works looking pack at childhood are coloured with a happy nostalgia. Mitchell's version is more realistic. Being a young teenager isn't actually all that great, and often we forget that.
So. I liked the book for that reason.
I've not yet read number9dream so I can't compare it with that. I've only read Cloud Atlas and this, but I want to read everything.
I'm going to his talk at the Edinburgh Book Festival, so that should be good.
*MySmiley*
Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. - Groucho Marx
Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. - Groucho Marx
Black Swan Green by David Mitchell: not a scary book.
- 15/08/2010 04:34:30 PM
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I like David Mitchell. But this is definately my least favourite of his works. *NM*
- 15/08/2010 10:14:39 PM
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Why? *NM*
- 15/08/2010 10:26:45 PM
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I think it's a bit too focused if that makes sense.
- 15/08/2010 10:29:11 PM
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I think that's half the point.
- 15/08/2010 10:42:58 PM
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He's brilliant. Also Ghostwritten is AMAZING. I buy it for my friends! *NM*
- 15/08/2010 10:44:43 PM
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