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The Walking Dead, Vol. 2: Miles Behind Us

by Robert Kirkman

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Jun 29, 2009 09:59PM

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Cézanne's Quarry

by Barbara Corrado Pope (Goodreads Author)

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Ian said: " For the last couple of weeks now I have been promising myself that I I would start Cezanne’s Quarry (I don’t know how to do the accent so I am not even going to try). However I haven’t been able to get the ball rolling for a number of excuses; I lost For the last couple of weeks now I have been promising myself that I I would start Cezanne’s Quarry (I don’t know how to do the accent so I am not even going to try). However I haven’t been able to get the ball rolling for a number of excuses; I lost the book for a while, I have other reading and homework that is actually required, and I have been trying to get into running which is turning out to be a lot harder than I first thought. Now that I actually have started reading it, I find that I could not read it any slower, for example the last time I sat down to read I only got through the first chapter which I s18 pages. Perhaps this is an advantage however because the chapters are not so much representations in the changing of focus or ideas but rather chronological shifts. So when two days pass by in the life of Martin. I am not too familiar with the way Mystery novels are written but I certainly am a fan. I believe it makes the book more real. In Law and Order in the sense that an episode of LO takes about one hour but covers about 3 moths and time becomes hard t grasp which is the opposite of Cezanne’s Quarry.
It hard for me to talk a t great length about the actual meat of the story because I am so close to the beginning but I think that one of Pope’s strong points is introducing the complexity of the characters from an early stage so from the first moment we are introduced to them we begin to analyze every action and word they speak. Pope creates in her characters this ying and yang aspect in which they are two opposites at the same time. Martin is on the hand pious (he owns a copy of the bible and goes to religious celebrations and mass) yet at the same time his faith is fundamentally being challenged by his reading of The Origin of Species. Solange also shares this quality by on the one hand being dainty, at multiple points she as identified not be her face or voice but by her gloved hand holding a parasol; at the same time she is thought of by others to be promiscuous. Both of these conclusions are drawn not from interactions but from appearance. The final aspect of Cezane’s Quarry that I found fascinating was the character of Franc. Franc is the very embodiment of negative interpretations of France. He is loud, unattractive, and rough around the edges, to say the least, Yet he is revered for those qualities by those in positions of power. In fact even though he is of a lesser societal rank than Martin, Martin still looks up to Franc and feels intimidated by him. Needless to say it will be interesting what the future role of Franc will be. ...more "

May 17, 2009 11:53AM · see review