gts@dmcnh.UUCP (Guy The Schafer) (04/11/85)
[Selling the movie rights....] I read in The Boston Globe that Carolyn Chute is "the talk of the literary world." My sister went into a frenzy of adolation and wants to be fa- mous like her; but just how famous is that? And do people want to read a soap opera that makes "Queen for a Day" look upbeat? What's going on here? Is Carolyn Chute really the talk of the literary world or is that just so much bullshit? Has anyone ever read _The Beans of Egypt, Maine_ or even heard of it or even heard of Chute? I thought so. +-------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------+ | USENET: decvax!ittvax!sii!dmcnh!gts | | DISCLAIMER: The content of this | | USMail: 14-F Hampshire Drive | | message is the sole responsibility | | Nashua, NH 03063 | | of Schafer and doesn't necessarily | | NEBell: (603) 880-2069 | | reflect the policies of Datamedia. | +-------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------+ "If I had been a Bokonist then, that statement would have made me howl." -KVJr
ir524@sdcc6.UUCP ({) (04/12/85)
I haven't read the book yet, but plan to. I recently read an interview
with the author which contained excerpts. I think a lot of the interest
in the book stems from the rather unlikely background of Chute, as
authors go that is Based strictly on the excerpt she does seem to
have captured the people and environment of rural Maine and its poverty
extremely well.
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------ 619-452-3526cas@cvl.UUCP (Cliff Shaffer) (04/12/85)
This book is being pushed by the Quality Paperback Book Club, since they published it as part of their "New Voices" series (authors who no one had ever heard of before), and the book (according to them) has become popular. It didn't look interesting, and I don't know of anyone mentioning they had read it. Cliff Shaffer ...!cvl!cas
jcp@osiris.UUCP (Jody Patilla) (04/14/85)
> This book is being pushed by the Quality Paperback Book Club, since > they published it as part of their "New Voices" series (authors who > no one had ever heard of before), and the book (according to them) has > become popular. It didn't look interesting, and I don't know of anyone > mentioning they had read it. > Cliff Shaffer > ...!cvl!cas The book has been prominently reviewed in the New York Times Book Review and the Washington Post Book World, and the author, Carolyn Chute, was extensively interviewed in the Washington Post Style section. From reading what the book is about, I can't understand what the big deal is, myself, and judging from readers' letters, they couldn't either. Chute makes a big deal about being poor and desperate and so forth when it would seem that she was that way largely by choice. Her mother was quoted as being very embarrassed by it, and hoping people wouldn't think that she was brought up that way, at least. -- jcpatilla "'Get stuffed !', the Harlequin replied ..."
maverick@trwatf.UUCP (Mark D. Grover) (04/15/85)
> The book has been prominently reviewed in the New York Times > Book Review and the Washington Post Book World, and the author, Carolyn > Chute, was extensively interviewed in the Washington Post Style > section. From reading what the book is about, I can't understand what > the big deal is, myself, and judging from readers' letters, they > couldn't either. Chute makes a big deal about being poor and desperate > and so forth when it would seem that she was that way largely by choice. Chute's book is near the top of the paper Best Sellers and was impossible to get in Washington during its first three weeks. It's an easy read (an inten- tionally primitive style). Having been raised in Maine, I resonated with many of the images (as well as vocabulary). It's semi-autobiographical and has been frequently compared with Faulkner. I'd rather not. It is full of grim people described in ways that are somehow humorous. The pacing is terrible: it spans thirty years or so, confusingly and much too quickly. I found it entertaining but probably enjoyed it because of my personal background. -- MDG ARPA: trwatf!maverick@SEISMO [TRW Advanced Technology Facility] UUCP: ...!{decvax,ihnp4,allegra}!seismo!trwatf!maverick ...ucbvax!trwrb!trwatf!maverick