Free At Last

[poliphilo]

I've just read Kurt Vonnegut's Man Without a Country (it took me about an hour) and it's a lot like Byron's Don Juan- which I'm part way through.   In both of them you've got a famous writer who's nearing the end of his life (Did Byron know this? Yes, I think he did) and he's cutting loose and turning cartwheels and if the reader doesn't like it s/he can go sulk.  The Vonnegut is not much more than a doodle and Don Juan is a masterpiece but both have about them this feeling that school's out.

Comments

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

That's a very bad New Year's Resolution. You should break it forthwith

[besideserato.livejournal.com]

No, no, it's really important. It's helping me keep focused on my writing and career choices and my educational goals... it's good! I just need to finish this damn book!