Bright Lights, Big City, by Jay McInerney. Been meaning to read it for a long time. One of the only novels ever to be written in second person. It started off pretty strong, but kind of petered out toward the middle. I sort of wish the whole book was more like the opening sequence which was fairly trippy. Chuck Klosterman once asked the question "Which do you consider a higher form of art: the riff from "Barracuda" or the opening statement from Bright Lights, Big City?" There is a good sequence near the middle that paints a claustrophobic nightmare of a horrible work day.
Anyway, I hope this helps cure my recent illiteracy.
I enjoyed the begiining of that book as well - but I only read the first couple pages sooo......
ReplyDeleteI need to start reading more as well. I should borrow Girl's recent purchases from Barnes & Noble when she is done.
I saw the movie. The movie was not in the second person (well I think some of the narration was, but I think for a movie to be in the second person, mirrors would have to be incorporated into it.)
ReplyDeleteI once started reading "Soul Mountain" which is another novel in the second person by Gao Xinjian, I believe. I just wasn't convinced I would take a tourist bus into the hinterland of China and strike up a very odd conversation with a young woman who lived there. Pity, because it was beautiful.
I need to borrow that book. It sounds intriguing.
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