Archive for November 11, 2009
NIGHT NAVIGATION by Ginnah Howard
Ginnah Howard’s NIGHT NAVIGATION is a powerful and unflinching novel about drug addiction and mental illness. It is beautifully written in a terse and spare style that is both rich and evocative. The narrative reminded me of the music of Erik Satie or the pizzicato violin in the andante movement of Prokofiev’s Second Violin Concerto. The writing is that beautiful and melodic. It made me rise out of myself into the world that Ms. Howard has created.
November 11, 2009
Tags: AA, Addiction, Contemporary, Family Matters, hmh, Mental-Illness Posted in: Addiction, Contemporary, Debut Novel, Family Matters, Mental Health, NE & New York 
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LOWBOY by John Wray
This is a brilliant book, a masterpiece. Because LOWBOY has the ability to bring about such intense emotional reactions and is so riveting, writing an adequate review of it is very difficult. It is like trying to describe why I get goose bumps when I listen to my favorite symphony played by the greatest orchestra or trying to describe why I felt the way I did when I first saw Botticelli’s paintings at the Uffizi Museum in Florence, Italy.
November 11, 2009
Tags: John Wray Posted in: Top Picks One Comment
