Eva is an Important Book about Serious Things. I have never gone back to re-read it.
To do Dickinson credit, I think he was just doing a "thought experiment" when he wrote it. I don't imagine he ever envisioned that it would become a classroom staple, and how many study guides etc. would be written about it. But the subject matter is so very, very grave, with such serious implications, that the book seems to me to lack his usual pleasantly wry, dry undercurrent of humor.
Just my $0.02, of course. Many people love the book. But you'd probably feel happier after reading, say, The Dancing Bear.
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Thu, Mar. 15th, 2007 06:36 pm (UTC)Eva is an Important Book about Serious Things. I have never gone back to re-read it.
To do Dickinson credit, I think he was just doing a "thought experiment" when he wrote it. I don't imagine he ever envisioned that it would become a classroom staple, and how many study guides etc. would be written about it. But the subject matter is so very, very grave, with such serious implications, that the book seems to me to lack his usual pleasantly wry, dry undercurrent of humor.
Just my $0.02, of course. Many people love the book. But you'd probably feel happier after reading, say, The Dancing Bear.
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