Ciara answers “I'm up to chapter three and I'm struggling...”

Wolfram-Jaymes Keesing asked this question about Giovanni's Room:

I'm up to chapter three and I'm struggling to keep interested. Baldwin squeezes as much information into every sentence he can with comma handles and semi-colons, and I feel he goes into a lot of detail explaining things that aren't even relevant. I'd like to get through this, so I want to know: what kept YOU reading?

Ciara I find this to be the case with most of Baldwin's work. He tends to talk on and on and on. …moreI find this to be the case with most of Baldwin's work. He tends to talk on and on and on. (less)

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Wolfram-Jaymes Keesing Superfluous language is a trope of early camp, where writers were moving away from covert homosexual language. It's wordy so it can avoid telling the ...more
Mar 11, 2018 09:02PM · flag

Amor Asad It's not really only about Baldwin, actual literature has words, unlike YA trash. :) ...more
Aug 03, 2020 01:57AM · flag

Michael Enright Try Proust.
Sep 30, 2020 01:12AM · flag

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