pickI‘ve always wanted to have a career in which I could be paid handsomely for thinking up names for things. So this novel was a sweet adventure for me! The nameless MC is a ‘nomenclature consultant‘ (music to my ears), so his brain is always tossing about names/words even when he‘s not at work. Changing a town‘s name, however, is a complex process...
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Another hit from Colson. The linguist in me especially loved all the musings of "nomenclature consultancy" ?
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Welcome October! #Riotgrams #shelfie My library is going to pop!
Scary, but so much truth. That's mostly it for #litsypartyofone. Tune in next time for #litsypartyofthousands . @Ambrosnazzy
pickI have to admit that I assumed this would be rougher than Whitehead's recent work, and while it is definitely the work of a younger writer, it is no less powerful or beautifully wrought. The central metaphor of the band aid reads beautifully as the work of the nomenclature expert protagonist, the town at the heart of the book's conflict, and America itself. This is the least talked about in the Whitehead canon, but don't let that make you skip it!
This has to be the best description of that toe in all of literature.
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