Showing posts with label david peace. Show all posts
Showing posts with label david peace. Show all posts

Friday, 20 August 2010

David Peace - "Occupied City" (part 2 of the Tokyo Trilogy)

"What once seemed a lost child now found is but wild grasses on a lonely tomb, their dull blades nodding in sign over the wastes of this river, the wastes of this city, in sorrow, nothing else remains. Only sorrow, nothing else remains -"

12 "ghost-stories".

Perhaps a bit easier to read because I knew "how" to read him: fast, not caring much if you miss a word or two, since it's almost subconscious writing. Some stories were easier to read than others.

A difficult book though. A difficult writer.

Tuesday, 20 July 2010

David Peace - "Tokyo Year Zero"

(first book of his Tokyo Trilogy)

Really had to get used to his writing style.

Lots of repetition, and I mean lots. Words within sentences, sentences within paragraphs, paragraphs within chapters. Is this his style, or typically Japanese, or a mix?

Continuously mixing normal thoughts and actions with his (repeating) thoughts and feelings. It takes some getting used to.

Started to read faster nearer the end. At a certain moment though, it seemed I got slowly sucked into the story; was this the result of the increase in speed, or rather the story itself which picked up pace?

Got the 2nd book of the trilogy as well (the third is not out yet, I think) and will give it a try...