tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23471801.post5600439146599790295..comments2023-10-21T07:44:20.549-04:00Comments on The Existence Machine: Richard Ford's Frank Bascombe TrilogyRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08014014605639738887noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23471801.post-35061789718465253222014-03-05T12:08:37.933-05:002014-03-05T12:08:37.933-05:00I invite you to listen to the audio version of Lay...I invite you to listen to the audio version of Lay of the Land and you may come away with a greater appreciation of the rich language in the masterpiece. Oh how I miss Bascombe. RF's novel Canada while interesting is disappointing...a real come down from his previous work. I don't like the characters. I don't appreciate the story much. piphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17933293183247282770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23471801.post-65452564116267061312007-09-10T17:22:00.000-04:002007-09-10T17:22:00.000-04:00Richard, just to clarify: when i say FB isn't so s...Richard, just to clarify: when i say FB isn't so sure, I mean he isn't so sure that fiction has such an easy relation to the world as the critics reviewing Richard Ford's novels, hence FB giving up writing fiction. <BR/><BR/>And I meant the "displaced monologue" is Ford's own; FB is his displacement . But I guess it also goes for your interpretation too.Stephen Mitchelmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01658772259307446873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23471801.post-17228871549690079692007-09-10T16:18:00.000-04:002007-09-10T16:18:00.000-04:00Interesting. I need to read the complete trilogy a...Interesting. I need to read the complete trilogy and reflect on this. I guess it was a bad idea of mine to start with volume three.Ellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11986734200144635608noreply@blogger.com