Sign in with Facebook
To the Chapel of Light
by
Joshua Young
Backflap copy: "I'm not convinced you want to read this. I mean, you're now in a motel on the side of the highway, blood on the walls, and this book is a note on a nightstand. Joshua Young has written a maddening book of clues that hang on to us until we crumble into the impossible joke of it. I got inside and tried to call you, but you didn't pick up. Young's phones are m...more
Paperback, 71 pages
Published
February 26th 2012
by Mud Luscious Press
Friend Reviews
To see what your friends thought of this book,
please sign up.
This book is not yet featured on Listopia.
Add this book to your favorite list »
Community Reviews
(showing
1-18
of
18)
Structurally, "To the Chapel of Light" is very similar to Young's first book, "When The Wolves Quit: A Play-In-Verse." This time, however, he's decided to write a screenplay-in-verse instead. Told through a variety of quickly cutting scenes and narration, "To the Chapel of Light" reads like a 100 piece Bosch puzzle slowly being put back together again but with some of the pieces missing. The resulting picture is of an American dystopia where little is left to do and even less is left to believe...more
Very enjoyable read. Joshua Young's To The Chapel of Light is a play-in-verse which creates a sort of narrative by giving you vague scenarios and letting you connect the plot lines. And by narrative, I am speaking in the most abstract sense. It reminds me of some reoccurring dreams I've had that create a story by revealing snapshots that may or may not be related, but do contain reappearing characters. One thing is for sure; it has made me get off my ass and search out some more of Joshua Young'...more
Mar 18, 2013
Sara!
added it
Feb 02, 2013
Russ
marked it as to-read
Nov 06, 2012
anonymous
marked it as to-read
Oct 11, 2012
Kelly
marked it as to-read
Oct 10, 2012
J. Wahlgren
marked it as to-read
Sep 27, 2012
Dinah
marked it as to-read
Aug 06, 2012
Emma Aylor
marked it as to-read
Jun 04, 2012
James Adcox
is currently reading it
May 11, 2012
Heather
marked it as to-read
There are no discussion topics on this book yet.
Be the first to start one »
