None To Accompany Me by Nadine Gordimer
None to Accompany Me by Nadine Gordimer
mid-2017 thru early 2018 until TBD (if I ever finish it???)
I am not sure where I picked this book up, whether I found it on a list or whether I just grabbed it at Barnes and Nobel one time-I think I've had it for a while. Started this book last year and stopped. Started it again and put it down. Picked it up, read a few chapters, put it down. I suppose I'll finish it eventually since its a paperback and it just sits by my bedside until I am out of other things to read. The writing is very, very dense which is probably why its taking me a while to get through it...I can't just "escape" by reading this book. She doesn't use traditional punctuation, there is much stream of consciousness interspersed with active voice and you have to focus to take it all in. Its also pretty far off the beaten path for me...its the story of two couples and their lives in post-apartheid South Africa. I'm pretty certain the last South Africa based book I read was The Covenant by James Michener which was fabulous and should be on anyone's must read list if you like historical fiction but really, its a far cry from Gordimer's book.
Doesn't get a rating, its certainly not a "Terrible, Don't Bother" book but its not looking good for much more than a Bearable, Just Barely...but I shall suspend judgement unless/until I actually finish or abandon the book.
mid-2017 thru early 2018 until TBD (if I ever finish it???)
I am not sure where I picked this book up, whether I found it on a list or whether I just grabbed it at Barnes and Nobel one time-I think I've had it for a while. Started this book last year and stopped. Started it again and put it down. Picked it up, read a few chapters, put it down. I suppose I'll finish it eventually since its a paperback and it just sits by my bedside until I am out of other things to read. The writing is very, very dense which is probably why its taking me a while to get through it...I can't just "escape" by reading this book. She doesn't use traditional punctuation, there is much stream of consciousness interspersed with active voice and you have to focus to take it all in. Its also pretty far off the beaten path for me...its the story of two couples and their lives in post-apartheid South Africa. I'm pretty certain the last South Africa based book I read was The Covenant by James Michener which was fabulous and should be on anyone's must read list if you like historical fiction but really, its a far cry from Gordimer's book.
Doesn't get a rating, its certainly not a "Terrible, Don't Bother" book but its not looking good for much more than a Bearable, Just Barely...but I shall suspend judgement unless/until I actually finish or abandon the book.
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