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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Kotzwinkle Appears,
This review is from: Elephant Bangs Train (Paperback)
The stunning debut of a grand American fabulist. Beyond the wondrous title, opening, & closing tales (generous blanket coverage of prehistoric, African, & Indian elephant/human/machine psychology/relations) this book includes the incredibly perfect "Marie" (the end of exhuberance), the incredibly perfect "The Great Liar" (the root of all fiction), plus several other amazements. Just a couple of clunkers, easily forgiven by grateful gentle readers.Kotzwinkle's first book, which needs to be in print. Produce of a true deep sweet child/animal mind overlayered with a gravely dangerous literary sophistication. Funny beyond brief description or easy belief. Also remarkably kind, somehow, in spite of its occasionally alarming clarity. Mysteriously hopeful. Peculiar.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Short Stories Poetic and Pointed,
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This review is from: Elephant Bagns Train (Mass Market Paperback)
Nicely written collection of short stories, including a couple that were expanded into the novel "Jack In the Box".
Personally I like William Kotzwinkle's pre ET books - The Fan Man, Hermes 3000, Swimmer in The Secret Sea, etc. better than the latter ones, and EBT is among the best. |
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Elephant Bangs Train by William Kotzwinkle (Paperback - June 1981)
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