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published
August 8th 2008
by Aurora
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Paperback, 502 pages
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0980226600
(isbn13: 9780980226607)
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The second novel by Evan Dara, author of The Lost Scrapbook
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Read in September, 2008
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evan dara is not for everyone. he writes huge muddled messy nonlinear whooshes of books that just are like a duststorm that consumes the reader and leaves us breathless and dizzy but crying "when will you write again??"
it is untidy, in a really compelling way, and is perfect for people who hate a predictable book.
it is untidy, in a really compelling way, and is perfect for people who hate a predictable book.
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Read in October, 2008
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- well it's really something way beyond what anybody expe-
-it was and, yes, it did but don't let anybody tell you that this one has the glare suggested by...what? by last chances, or, no. It's the pages that are blank I'm talking about.
-But the book is more than that. This one somehow manages to glow from within, whereas the last scrapbook he wrote don't touch it at all like that. No, no. I'm only comparing to suggest what should be obvious. Dara
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-it was and, yes, it did but don't let anybody tell you that this one has the glare suggested by...what? by last chances, or, no. It's the pages that are blank I'm talking about.
-But the book is more than that. This one somehow manages to glow from within, whereas the last scrapbook he wrote don't touch it at all like that. No, no. I'm only comparing to suggest what should be obvious. Dara
-Dara pops, ...more
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Read in November, 2008
THE LOST SCRAPBOOK debuted dara's original technique of narrative splicing–a kind of collage work done in series, rather than in space. THE EASY CHAIN operates in similar fashion and, like THE LOST SCRAPBOOK, is a political novel, one made of principally two things: ideas–witty analysis of our inept and corrupt culture–and yarns. dara’s specialty is in fact the yarn, the almost wholesome tale, ending with a zinger or even a moral. on their own they would be nice bits of entertainment, st...more
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A friend from the Bay Area told me he saw this at a Berkeley bookstore, and I was insanely excited to read it because The Lost Scrapbook is a favorite of mine. However, I couldn't find the book anywhere, and for months the only reference I saw to it online was a cover-imageless listing on Amazon.com. I was disappointed that I did not live in the same dimension in which this book existed. Eventually, I found it on the publisher's web site, so I ordered it.
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Read in June, 2008
The publisher of The Easy Chain--which publisher I'm starting to think is author Evan Dara himself--shot me an email for a pre-release offer for a copy (officially released Aug 8, 2008; I got mine June 16 and read it in 10 days) I guess because I have a personal page for Dara's first novel The Lost Scrapbook. [I've since created a page for The Easy Chain as well.]
I enjoyed it a LOT and am already trying to figure out when I can get a re-read in.
The novel is the story of ...more
I enjoyed it a LOT and am already trying to figure out when I can get a re-read in.
The novel is the story of ...more
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