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Dec. 11th, 2002 02:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
decemberthirtyObviously the holiday season is not the best time of year for this journal. I'm too busy to do much reading and I'm too busy to do much posting, so the journal tends to suffer. Oh well, I've only got a week and a half left of work before Christmas break, and then I should have plenty of time to read and do whatever else I want...
Anyhow, I'm almost done with Cry, the Beloved Country. I'm impressed with the way in which Alan Paton has gradually built up intensity over the course of the novel, bringing it to the point where even the slightest details are full of meaning and emotion. I think that's why the beginning of the book seemed a little slow and stilted. I wasn't yet attuned to the subtleties of his tone and the weight carried by single words and images. Very impressive.
Anyhow, I'm almost done with Cry, the Beloved Country. I'm impressed with the way in which Alan Paton has gradually built up intensity over the course of the novel, bringing it to the point where even the slightest details are full of meaning and emotion. I think that's why the beginning of the book seemed a little slow and stilted. I wasn't yet attuned to the subtleties of his tone and the weight carried by single words and images. Very impressive.
