Wilderness

"For an Instant He Was a Child Again, Clutching Tightly His Father's Strong Hand in the Starlit Dark Night "After nightfall, they sat up to watch the ocean dark under the nightblue sky. Abel and the dog. The rain clouds lay far to sea and they watched a single star fall arcing soundlessly across the......more

I've thinking lately about the term "literary fiction". It's a kind of an elusive term - but generally it is used to denote a certain quality to the way the book is written, to the care given to the sentences, as when they make you pause or suddenly see something new or something old in a new way. T......more

I’ll start with this: Wilderness is THE book I’ve been waiting for this year. In fact, if I could give it more than five stars, I would. Without a doubt, it is among my all-time favorite reads, so rich is it in sensory detail and drinkable prose. The title of the book, alone, spoke to my natural sen......more

My recent interview with Lance Weller can be read @[URL not allowed]-with-lance-weller/ This novel was storytelling rich in setting and characters amidst days of the civil war. The author writes with some wonderful prose and eloquently words in the right places reminiscent of the w......more

First I loved the prose - so lyrical. Then I grew a little tired of that. Then I grew more tired of the relentless sorrow and suffering (and I love "The Road" so that tells you something) and violence that Abel encounters in his long life from being a husband/father/Civil War soldier and veteran. At......more