dunno if i like it yet, but hearing almost always makes me less critical... gob-smacking torrential prose, labyrinths of sense and sensation. the readdunno if i like it yet, but hearing almost always makes me less critical... gob-smacking torrential prose, labyrinths of sense and sensation. the reader - Benadette Dunne - is always better than I think she will be, and she is doing really well. lots of stream-of-conscious ( and that's actually funny in a way since one of the voices is from within a brain-damaged man) - so multi-tasking with this one is not a good idea. ...more
Seems to be my kind of historical fiction: the native americans are complex, intelligent & bemused, and the story is told by a woman locked up as a maSeems to be my kind of historical fiction: the native americans are complex, intelligent & bemused, and the story is told by a woman locked up as a madwoman who escapes by agreeing to "marry an indian."
But I don't care for the reader -she overacts and overdoes everything - so that the character's tone lacks nuance. Even tho her language can be sensitive and observant, it is all delivered as melodrama.
This is the Sound Library edition from BBC Audiobooks America....more
I don't think Larry Watson is as besotted with his guys as James Waller is with his transparent fictionalizations of himself, but a fine performance bI don't think Larry Watson is as besotted with his guys as James Waller is with his transparent fictionalizations of himself, but a fine performance by George Guidall couldn't keep me listening, so i'll never know how well he actually does by his female characters....more
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