The magic of blood: A review of Glib’s book
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date published 05/08/2008
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SummaryThe Magic of Blood is a peculiar juju. Early on through the book, it wasn’t grabbing me, so I went to a Taco Bell and tried reading it there. I’m a veggie, so the menu didn’t offer “greater cultural understanding”, but something in Dagoberto’s stories did kick in. I don’t think it was my experiment in “method reading.” The Carver-vibe really is there, a sharp focus on what makes families and relationships tick, it just took me awhile to get used to how Gilb does it. Part of me wants to say that he’s so reflective and stylized that it makes him less captivating than Carver. That could also be a statement way too grounded in my own perceptions and my own lack of familiarity with the world within which the stories take place.
Table of Contents
- Introduction.
- The stories in the first section.
- The stories in the second section.
- That closes the second section.
- the 'literary canon' for fiction.
- Conclusion.
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