Jack's the weakest, most strained of the bunch.
If you haven't watched Bill Forsythe's adaptation of Housekeeping, waste not ime.
― the very juice and sperm of kindness. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 9 April 2023 22:12 (one year ago) link
I didn't know about Jack (the book)!One thing I got from Gilead, as an atheist, was the value and efficacy of prayer. Not as a means to divine intervention, obviously, but as a way of meditating on a problem.
― ledge, Monday, 10 April 2023 08:24 (one year ago) link
Yeah, and she (Rev. John's creator) gives him opportunities for that---I really enjoyed Jack shuffling, turning around in St. Louis, Memphis, Chicago, and Gilead's still on the map.
― dow, Monday, 10 April 2023 17:58 (one year ago) link
was not expecting an extended comic setpiece about the underground railroad, this book continues to amaze
― imago, Sunday, 23 April 2023 07:27 (eleven months ago) link
In Gilead? Can't say I remember that bit.
― ledge, Monday, 24 April 2023 09:56 (eleven months ago) link
(And I've read it maybe three times)
Housekeeping.
― the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 24 April 2023 10:11 (eleven months ago) link
the horse/tunnel bit!
― imago, Monday, 24 April 2023 10:32 (eleven months ago) link