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A review by sasha_fletcher
Typical: Stories by Padgett Powell
5.0
the first section dragged a bunch after the title story which is also the first story, and the second section although fantastic left me wondering if maybe powell was just about being a much more southern barthelme, but then ladies and gentlemen, we hit the third section. good lord does my heart beat faster and harder and with more grace that i thought it could just by thinking about the end of this book.
it comes off at times as someone who obviously learned a lot from barthelme. there are moments where you worry it will take only the tools and tricks and none of the emotional heft at the core of don b's work.
but it's good. it is. it is really really good. our fears and doubts are simply fears and doubts, and what is a world without fears and doubts?
it comes off at times as someone who obviously learned a lot from barthelme. there are moments where you worry it will take only the tools and tricks and none of the emotional heft at the core of don b's work.
but it's good. it is. it is really really good. our fears and doubts are simply fears and doubts, and what is a world without fears and doubts?