tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2991343547887142385.post4959389814557151518..comments2024-02-24T20:29:17.083-05:00Comments on MINDFUL PLEASURES: THE HOUSE OF BREATH by William GoyenBRIAN OARDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00695622618831825498noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2991343547887142385.post-48973299103634544742016-03-28T09:46:41.290-04:002016-03-28T09:46:41.290-04:00@nnyhav: No, actually I spotted the title on a ...@nnyhav: No, actually I spotted the title on a 'favorite books' list by a young writer whose name escapes me at the moment, and since I didn't recognize it (all the other titles were the obvious usual suspects) I checked it out. Glad I did. I still have a hard time believing that a book this experimental could be published as s first novel... 70 years ago, publishers took risks no publisher would dream of taking today. Indeed, if Cormac McCarthy were starting out today, he'd probably have to self-publish <i>The Orchard Keeper</i>.BRIAN OARDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00695622618831825498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2991343547887142385.post-44365219654349328822016-03-27T23:40:42.420-04:002016-03-27T23:40:42.420-04:00Thanks for putting me on to this, not quite as wow...Thanks for putting me on to this, not quite as wowed but not quite understanding how it faded so. Was it <a href="https://lareviewofbooks.org/review/gathering-what-we-have-lost-the-buried-song-of-william-goyen/" rel="nofollow">Peter Grandbois' review of Clark Davis' bio</a> that put you on to it?nnyhavhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06181178492559547560noreply@blogger.com