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Solar Bones Is a Reader's Feast
I read, or should I say ingested, Solar Bones while on a capricious one-month holiday in County Mayo, Ireland, around Westport where this novel takes place. Handed to me by my hostess who recommended that I read it, I let it lie for a good stretch and then picked it up and could not put it down. I am a non-fiction reader who only occasionally dips into fiction. This dip was captivating, evocative, and cathartic. For someone coming from non-fiction where writing rules are rigidly adhered to, the style of Solar Bones first offended and confused me; but that reaction quickly passed as content overwhelmed the erasure of accepted style.The author takes situations, mixes them with reality and whimsy, and disgorges credible, but haunting, images of ordinary life. McCormack takes a simple sprout above ground and then shows us all the complex root system that nourishes that sprout; and he repeats that again and again as we are led through the life of the protagonist. The rapidity and craftiness of images are a marvel to the reader. The astonishing thing is how all these individual images are rolled into the whole of the narrative such that nothing seems wasted or superfluous. I do not bemoan the surprise ending, as it is reality that all humans must face.The author is clearly a master of the word and phrase. I think this novel stands high in its class. This is not a novel in the Tolstoyan tradition, of times, places, and characters that we can hardly relate to, nor a novel in the science-fiction class describing people and worlds we never have or will experience. We are often reminded that great jokes tell something familiar — surely great novels such as Solar Bones deal with the everyday that we all know too well. In its class, Solar Bones is a celestial burst.
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A brilliant book. A 21st century re take on Joyce's ...
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It's beautifully written with superb passages of descriptive prose
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