Padgett powell, the southern comic novelist, is a veteran hurler of literary knuckleballs. Padgett powell is an american novelist in the southern literary tradition. Because this is a book that pulled and moved me through the gamut of human experience without a single ending punctuation aside from a question mark. Powell has written five more novels including a woman named drown. Taking a look at the interrogative mood by padgett powell other writers mentioned.
This book poses question after question mad, peculiar, and often very thought. Opinion the coronavirus plague season, through the eyes. The question mark that accompanies the subtitle of author padgett powell s new book, the interrogative mood. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Padgett powell s book defies genre the interrogative mood. The interrogative mood is a wildly inventive, jazzy meditation on life. This book will sear the unlucky volumes shelved on either side of it. If i said that the interrogative mood, the fifth novel by padgett powell, was that kind of book, and a captivating and often glorious reading experience, and if you believed me, would you. Powell s reemergence in 2009 with the interrogative mood. If duchamp or maybe magritte wrote a novel and maybe they. Perhaps only powell a writer who was once touted as the best of his generation by saul bellow and among the top five writers of fiction in the country by barry hannahcould pull off such a remarkable stylistic feat. The interrogative mood by padgett powell goodreads. The interrogative mood is both an impressive literary comeback and a work of real bravado and charm.
Are these the questions padgett powell asked himself before writing the interrogative mood. Richard ford the interrogative mood is a wildly inventive. Padgett powell on the interrogative mood the author explains how a circular email prompted him to write a novel composed entirely of questions, and the equipoise of. Powell has written five more novelsincluding a woman named drown. Its a gimmick, but it was so much fun for me to participate in the play of it. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Padgett powell reads from the interrogative mood youtube. Padgett powell s most popular book is the adventures of huckleberry finn. In it acclaimed novelist padgett powell a writer once touted as the best of his generation by saul bellowforce us to consider our core beliefs, our most cherished memories, our final views on life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Books by padgett powell author of the interrogative mood. How it doesnt, itself, combust in flames is a mystery to me. The interrogative mood is powells wildly original and absorbing response, a bebop solo of a book in whichcould it be. Would you enjoy reading a book in which every sentence was a question.
Wildly ridiculous and laughoutloud funny, it can suddenly turn. Dwight garner, a book critic for the times, is the author of the forthcoming garners quotations. Despite its humour, the prevailing mood of the interrogative mood is loneliness. The interrogative mood is powell s playful and profound response, a bebop solo of a book in which every sentence is a question. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app.
His debut novel, edisto 1984, was nominated for the american book award and was excerpted in the new yorker. Published in the print edition of the december 7, 2009, issue. Buy the interrogative mood main by padgett powell isbn. Leaving cuddly realism behind richard lea the american author who came back from the grave with a novel composed entirely of. If duchamp or maybe magritte wrote a novel and maybe they did. The interrogative mood npr coverage of the interrogative mood by padgett powell. Wildly ridiculous and laughoutloud funny, it can suddenly turn serious.
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