Questions, Resources, and General Banter - Fathers and Crows

[Jim]

Fathers and Crows is the second volume in William T. Vollmann’s planned seven-volume series, Seven Dreams: A Book of North American Landscapes.


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Feel free to use this thread to ask questions and post links to resources for William T. Vollmann’s Fathers and Crows.

Also, if you’ve written a review of the book, please post a link to share with the group.

[Nathan "N.R."]

I've got my review here :: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

I'd also like to highlight Friend Geoff's review :: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

But generally, any and every four & five star review is bethanked.

[Jim]

If anyone would be interested in a side discussion of Loyola's The Spiritual Exercises and how they relate to Fathers and Crows, let me know and I'll open a discussion thread. I'm not familiar with the book or in theology in general, so if you know Loyola's work, please share...

[Larou]

I'd be interested in that (I think I even might have the Loyola on a shelf somewhere) - of course there is the minor problem of time... - And didn't Roland Barthes write an essay on the Spiritual Exercises? I seem to vaguely remember reading that, but that would have been a very long time ago.

[Jim]

Larou wrote: "I'd be interested in that (I think I even might have the Loyola on a shelf somewhere) - of course there is the minor problem of time... - And didn't Roland Barthes write an essay on the Spiritual E..."

Okay, I'll open a thread and people can dive in as the spirit moves them...

[Larou]

Thanks! I'll try to squeeze it in somewhere (actually, that one might make good train reading), fortunately it's pretty short. Oh, and the essay by Barthes is part of Sade/Fourier/Loyola - and should make for some interesting reading, too. Wish I had the time to read it as well...

[Ellen]

Jim wrote: "If anyone would be interested in a side discussion of Loyola's The Spiritual Exercises and how they relate to Fathers and Crows, let me know and I'll open a discussion thread. I'm not familiar with..."
I'm very familiar with the Spiritual Exercises & I should be finally getting a copy of Fathers and Crows in a few days-so...

[Jim]

Ellie wrote: "I'm very familiar with the Spiritual Exercises & I should be finally getting a copy of Fathers and Crows in a few days-so..."

Great! There's a thread open, so when the spirit moves you, testify...

[Jack]

I finished Fathers and Crows last week, and have posted my review here http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/660684915

[Larou]

This is so late, it's plain embarrassing, so I'll just put this link here and slink away again before anyone notices...

[Jim]

Larou wrote: "This is so late, it's plain embarrassing, so I'll just put this link here and slink away again before anyone notices..."

The important thing is that you wrote an excellent review, so who cares what the calendar says...