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eleventeen 's review for:
Provinces of Night
by William Gay
William Gay writes things that make my heart ache in their simple beauty. Every page holds words strung together in shapes and forms that lie deep in my subconscious. In the words of ani difranco, he writes the way my heart would sing if it finally knew just what to say.
So it's strange to say that about this southern gothic tale that ia essentially about nothing, on its end a tale of generations and the dark minds of men. It is loneliness. It is what loneliness does to your head. It is real, there are characters with no evil haunting them but they're shitty, just normal shitty people. Sly and everyday. It is people who lack book smarts but just know things all the same. It is whiskey and lemonade and the prettiest girl in the tri-county area.
Look, there's no way to explain this book. It would bore many people to tears (see the one star ratings) but it speaks to me as william gay's writing clearly does (this is my second). My copy is dogeared with moments, but when i look to quote them they lose form outside the whole, as is often the case with the writing i love the most. It is about atmosphere stretching across the pages and the subtleties of character that surprise you upon remembrance.
So it's strange to say that about this southern gothic tale that ia essentially about nothing, on its end a tale of generations and the dark minds of men. It is loneliness. It is what loneliness does to your head. It is real, there are characters with no evil haunting them but they're shitty, just normal shitty people. Sly and everyday. It is people who lack book smarts but just know things all the same. It is whiskey and lemonade and the prettiest girl in the tri-county area.
Look, there's no way to explain this book. It would bore many people to tears (see the one star ratings) but it speaks to me as william gay's writing clearly does (this is my second). My copy is dogeared with moments, but when i look to quote them they lose form outside the whole, as is often the case with the writing i love the most. It is about atmosphere stretching across the pages and the subtleties of character that surprise you upon remembrance.