I finished reading "The Vietnam Project" today. The final third of the novella, while still dense, flowed much more quickly than the first two-thirds. I do not want to give anything away to potential readers, so I will not discuss the plot at any great length. I will, however, say that Eugene Dawn's narrative stands beside those of Bob Slocum, Humbert Humbert, and Ferdinand Clegg as one of the more disturbing confessional narratives in late-middle-twentieth century literature.

And yes, I did get some more transcription done.

For tomorrow: Begin reading "The Narrative of Jacobus Coetzee" and transcribe some more.

Labels: Bob Slocum, Dissertation, Dusklands, J.M. Coetzee, John Fowles, The Vietnam Project

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Ooh..."disturbing confessional narratives"...intriguing. Now I kind of want to read it (well, more than I did yesterday when I said I was interested).

By  minxy on 29 February, 2008
 
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