"Marvelous forests of words and seas of desire. "Compared to the You in my heart, the I in yours is insignificant." "The pores of my whole body opened their mouths at the same time, and tongues dangled limply from them" "My whole body began to wither away, leaving only my eyes" He shows that our bodies connect with the truth of our minds and hearts in the flaming of our senses and that in language the physical can give an eloquent voice to authentic internal experience: His writing never failing to connect abstract and lofty emotions with pin point accuracy to corporeal sensations. His somatic descriptions are haunting and grotesque but perfect at explaining the real sensations we experience bodily and mentally. The story starts with the notes of a paranoid man who put a box over his head and rejected society to live the life of a Box Man and only goes weirder from there. The Box Man concerns itself with themes of isolation, identity, being an outcast, the complexities of perception (the delight of seeing/the shame at being seen), voyeurism, desire, the mutual influence between mind/body and their effect on reality, storytelling in a great meta way, love, endings, inner change effected by struggle, etc. It's a labyrinth within a book.Ībe's writing was as weird as it was schockingly beautiful at times. It's Abe showing off his writing skills and it looks like an acid trip where the fabric of reality is subject to change from chapter to chapter and even from one paragraph to the next. Structurally it is postmodern and experimental working with a large variety of styles and making use of dream narratives, hallucinations, surreality, non-linearity, unreliable narrators, all kinds of POV (1st, 2nd, 3rd), pictures spread through the book and even elements of metafiction and what could be thought of as 4th wall breaking. This is a weird book both in subject matter and in construction. Check out /r/AskLiteraryStudies if you have questions about literature and literary studies that you'd like answered by experts! All are welcome.Spoilers must be marked by an alert and obscured with Reddit editor's spoiler masking system. Please do not seek feedback or instruction on your writing.ĭo not submit videos vaguely related to literature. This includes written work, social media, medium, youtube, apps, or any other channel/material you are associated with. This includes posting surveys.ĭo not submit any form of advertising or self-promotion. Content: Do not submit posts that contain questions and no other content.ĭo not request help on homework assignments (students) or curriculum content (teachers). Analysis: Submissions must include poster's own analysis in either the body or the comments of a post. Relevance: Submissions must relate to literature, literary criticism, literary history, literary theory, or literary news. We are not /r/books: please do not use this sub to seek book recommendations or homework help. Discussions of literary criticism, literary history, literary theory, and critical theory are also welcome. Welcome to /r/literature, a community for deeper discussions of plays, poetry, short stories, and novels.
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