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The Effects of Knut Hamsun on a Fresno Boy - Recollections and Short Essays (Paperback, 1st ed)
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The Effects of Knut Hamsun on a Fresno Boy - Recollections and Short Essays (Paperback, 1st ed)
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These small essays are not unlike Dutch paintings of the sixteenth
century. They are clear and precisely rendered, and are either
thematically domestic scenes or pedestrian in their observations of
the ordinary. There is a delirious joy in Soto's writings, and
heartbreak. This collection features his much-lauded essays "The
Jacket" and "Like Mexicans," along with new essays such as
"Childhood Worries, or Why I Became a Writer," "Getting It Done,"
and the title essay in which Soto fashions himself to be Fresno's
own Knut Hamsun, the Norwegian writer of the 1920s who lived on
nothing more than his five senses. Poet and critic Christopher
Buckley said of his poetry, " Soto has] mastered his form, has
found his voice, and has the life experiences to provide meaningful
content." He could have been speaking of his prose as well. Soto is
at home with the essay; he is able to paint moments that would
otherwise seem dull and not worthy of comment. He picks up
hitchhikers, sorts through the mystery of finding a wife, and pulls
together his wits to solve the hunger of stray dogs. He is tender
and outrageous; he is reflective on worldly matters and cagey with
his family and friends. In all, his dazzling effects of language
will keep the reader continually surprised.These portraits are set
in his hometown, Fresno, and in his current residence, the San
Francisco Bay area. They therefore mark his time and place, but
honor the instincts of the master Knut Hamsun, who walked around
his town, a spectacle of wonder. This volume includes forty-eight
pieces: all of the personal narratives formerly collected in Small
Faces, the best of Lesser Evils both volumes long out-of-print as
well as five new essays."
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