I am currently reading A Complicated Kindness by Miriam Toews, and I am struck by how her writing is so easily able to paint vivid pictures in my mind. The writing is tight and full of great imagery, here is a taste...
"I looked straight into the sun to give me something painful to concentrate on".
It simple, yet rich in meaning and symbolism.
Anyway, I'll keep you posted on the book. Its a tale about a teenage girl breaking away form a Mennonite community in Manitoba, it includes all of the typicall teenage angst that one might expect, along with a dose of religious fundametalism.
Friday, September 09, 2005
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