>From: "Benito Vergara" <bvergara(a)sfsu.edu>
>
> [Someone had asked about "Dhalgren" earlier,
>
> It seems like a fairly straightforward narrative, except these odd moments
> are occurring more and more often. I can't go into detail about what these
> "odd moments" are -- I'd have to quote them to fully describe them, and that
> would be spoiling it -- but they essentially made me re-read the sentence,
> wondering if I got it right. Sometimes I'd read entire sections and wonder
> if I'd actually read them before, as if my bookmark was misplaced.
>
After reading "Dhalgren" ten or so times over twenty or so years, I still
have that reaction. Years after reading it for the first time, I read his
memoir, "The Motion of Light in Water," and much of his output of fiction
clicked into focus. He's written an amazing body of work, from some really
tender and beautiful stuff to "Hogg" and "Equinox." And I'm still waiting
for "The Splendor and Misery of Bodies, of Cities," damn it.
William Crump
