Wordsworth answers “hey guys! I am not a native, but I'm not...”

Ha Med asked this question about Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1):

hey guys! I am not a native, but I'm not new to novels....... I cant quite understand the text in this book, Am I the only one??? should I read another book prior to this one in ortherto understand??? (the literary books I had read and came across with no problem at all: pride and prejudice, Frankenstein etc,,, ) thanks in advance

Wordsworth The previous answers are all correct-- it's definitely an unusual style. I'm very good with English and literary writing, and I had some trouble follo…moreThe previous answers are all correct-- it's definitely an unusual style. I'm very good with English and literary writing, and I had some trouble following along in some points, but by the end a lot of the vaguer events (not to say the highly abstracted details) become clear. I expect she was working in the same vein as One Hundred Years of Solitude, letting the memories flow together and be disjointed vignettes that are only fully understandable after we've experienced them from everyone's viewpoint. (I loved that description toward the end of the book of the perception of "time-- the way it dripped or ran".) I just finished this book for the first time and am putting it in my to-reread pile so I can better appreciate the themes, metaphors, and lyrical passages.(less)

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