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Babylon
Babylon
Simultaneously haunting and humorous, Babylon is a Southern Gothic tale of depression, despair, religion, dead crows, and a slowly approaching wild fire.
Daniel had moved to San Francisco seven years ago with the hopes of becoming a successful novelist. With the failure of that dream and the notion that the schizophrenia he suffered from in his youth was coming back with a...more
Daniel had moved to San Francisco seven years ago with the hopes of becoming a successful novelist. With the failure of that dream and the notion that the schizophrenia he suffered from in his youth was coming back with a...more
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Billed as a "southern gothic" novel, this managed to hold my interest despite the fact that I do not enjoy "unreliable narrators" or protagonists who are crazy or going crazy.
This begins in San Francisco, where Daniel works at a restaurant--a job he loses as he slides into depression and attempts suicide. Saved by his roommate, he decides to move back home to Babylon, Texas, which he had left seven years before.
He moves into his parent's old place, gets a job at the gas s...more
Billed as a "southern gothic" novel, this managed to hold my interest despite the fact that I do not enjoy "unreliable narrators" or protagonists who are crazy or going crazy.
This begins in San Francisco, where Daniel works at a restaurant--a job he loses as he slides into depression and attempts suicide. Saved by his roommate, he decides to move back home to Babylon, Texas, which he had left seven years before.
He moves into his parent's old place, gets a job at the gas s...more
"Babylon" is not a ‘story’ about a guy who goes through some ‘conflicts’ and Learns About Life. Instead, it’s an intense description of a young man with schizophrenia who returns to his partially burned down Texan hometown and lives there until he can live there no more. It’s written with beauty and economy, and it captures a mindstate and an environment perfectly.
Babylon is a fantastic example of a kind of Zola-esque empirical fiction: a kind of simulation. A completely realized character enter...more
Babylon is a fantastic example of a kind of Zola-esque empirical fiction: a kind of simulation. A completely realized character enter...more
Jul 05, 2012
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Ian
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