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May. 20th, 2003 07:23 pmWell, I started reading A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain by Robert Olen Butler this morning. It's a book of stories about Vietnam and particularly about the lingering impact of the Vietnam War on the country and the people there. I've hardly read enough of it to have any kind of opinion yet, but it looks interesting, particularly in light of having recently seen and greatly enjoyed the movie A Quiet American.
The real significance in starting this book, however, is that it means that I'm giving up the ghost with Ulysses this time around. I'm glad that I tried. I really enjoyed a great deal of it, and it renewed my appreciation for Joyce's genius. But I think that I am making the right decision by moving on. Trying to finish Ulysses was preventing me from reading at all, and that wasn't a good situation. It felt so good this morning to pick up a book and start reading, so now I'm sure that I made the right decision.
The real significance in starting this book, however, is that it means that I'm giving up the ghost with Ulysses this time around. I'm glad that I tried. I really enjoyed a great deal of it, and it renewed my appreciation for Joyce's genius. But I think that I am making the right decision by moving on. Trying to finish Ulysses was preventing me from reading at all, and that wasn't a good situation. It felt so good this morning to pick up a book and start reading, so now I'm sure that I made the right decision.
