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Title: I. by Stephen Dixon ISBN: 0-9719047-0-7 Publisher: McSweeney's Books Pub. Date: June, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.14 (7 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Incredible I.
Comment: I cannot recommend this novel more highly. Dixon travels between acute humour and sadness, with everything in between, unselfconsciouslessly moving beyond his own metafictional self-consciousness. The last section of I. is profoundly moving in an absolutely unconventional way. Dixon's writing is both transgressive and accessable, and I hope that in the coming years he will begin to recieve the wider readership that he has so long deserved.
Rating: 3
Summary: 1.
Comment: This is the only Dixon novel I've read. It is the first in a trilogy. Originally, I thought the title was the letter "I" but I later found out it is not the letter I but a Roman numeral cut handsomely in the book's front cover. From my one reading of Dixon, I have anecdotally concluded that, above all, he is a writer's writer: His prose is natural; his tone drawing the reader into the act of creating; his subject matter is, in most cases, the quotidian.
In the book, Dixon's narrator tries on different masks with varying degrees of sucess. For example, the narrator, in one chapter, speaks from the point of view of his wife who is wheelchair bound--he is the one in the wheelchair and she is able bodied. This makes for interesting perspective but is slow going at times. The downside of this technique is a lack of overall focus. On this point Dixon reminds me of John Ashbury, in that, his prose unfolds in a roundabout way, never driving at the heart of things. This is a good thing as a blunt object can only mean one thing. "I" is subtle and rich in psychology.
"I" is meandering and mundane at times so in that sense it is exactly like most of our lives. And speaking of, if you ever wondered what your life would be like if you had crossed the street at a point otherwise than the spot you actually crossed at, then you might just like this book. If you do this sort of thought experiment 25 times a day and write it down, you might just be Stephen Dixon. In which case, you've left us with a hearty novel, rich in style and steeped in poignant ruminations on the everyday.
Rating: 5
Summary: AGAIN
Comment: Dixon doest it again. One of his best books ("Frog" and the amazing "Interstate" are the others, I guess, but anything by Dixon is something special). A modern writer who has been modern since decades and will be modern in ages. So are the true classics. Pure talent and good proof that you can be clever and moving in the same sentence.
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Title: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Today Show Book Club #13) by Mark Haddon ISBN: 0385512104 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 31 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Frog: A Novel by Stephen Dixon ISBN: 0805048839 Publisher: Owlet Pub. Date: February, 1997 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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