What can I say? I'm pretty unconventional when it comes to what does it for me. (I also happen to despise Citizen Kane, which generally sends movie buffs into apoplectic fits).
I found myself all too often wondering why this book got so many accolades when fantasy and science fiction and horror had been exploring the exact same concepts for decades and all those genres get is dismissed. But somehow, because this was "literary" it was somehow so valuable and avant-garde and wonderful.
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Date: 2012-01-17 02:27 pm (UTC)I found myself all too often wondering why this book got so many accolades when fantasy and science fiction and horror had been exploring the exact same concepts for decades and all those genres get is dismissed. But somehow, because this was "literary" it was somehow so valuable and avant-garde and wonderful.