A novelist and occasional poet, Henry Martin lives with his wife and daughter in New Hampshire. He is currently working on revisions to The Mad Days of Me, trilogy.
Interests
Reading - of course. I mostly enjoy quality fiction and literature -- Henry Miller, Albert Cossery, Harold Maine, Balzac, Boris Vian, Bukowski, Capek.... Motorcycles - over the past 15 years I have enjoyed many machines, from a moped through off-road… Read more
Reading - of course. I mostly enjoy quality fiction and literature -- Henry Miller, Albert Cossery, Harold Maine, Balzac, Boris Vian, Bukowski, Capek.... Motorcycles - over the past 15 years I have enjoyed many machines, from a moped through off-road bikes, enduros and touring bikes. Writing - whenever I can. Wine and cigarettes - all the bad deeds. Lately I have been switching to Spanish red wines. Coffee, and lots of it. Driving anything motorized. Travel - one day I'd like to visit Asia and South America. Interesting conversations. Nature, both fauna and flora.
This work is probably the hardest review I had to do yet. While I had read two previous books by Cheryl Anne Gardner, The Splendor of Antiquity, and Logos, The Thin Wall is a radical departure from Gardner's romantic roots into the realms of darker, subconscious psychology and individual philosophies she masterfully delves into in this work.
One word to describe this book for me? Drastic.
I would lie if I were to say that The Thin Wall is an easy read. It isn't. Where the storyline is subtle and woven deep between the actions and events, dialog and behavior are crucial to understanding the story. While utilizing sex as a tool to slice into the depths of human… Read more
In Blues for a black cat, Boris Vian's literary genius shines with rare intensity impossible to find in modern works. While I read a few of Vian's works in the past, revisiting this book was the perfect escape from the mundane world of today's literature. Without getting into any plot or revealing too much about this compilation of short stories, Blues for a black cat, is an insane, entertaining, humorous, profound, powerful avant-garde literary rarity. Vian's style remains unique decades after the original publication, and while seemingly incoherent on the surface, it is intentionally so. Vian plays with words and objects, breathing life into them, making them take on a life vastly… Read more
World War II, America and Henry Chinaski. This is Factotum. Charles Bukowski brings his alter ego, Henry Chinaski, back to life in this phenomenal work and with it, he puts himself and society on trial.
A lot, perhaps too much, has been said about Bukowski and his work. While I truly enjoy his short stories the most, Factotum, along with post Office, are among my favorite books written by American authors. Bukowski's writing is simple and straight-to-the-point, and Factotum is no exception. Filled with short, sometimes paragraph-like chapters, the writing flows smoothly, gently sneaking under your skin, and before you know it you start to care and you start to see the world through… Read more
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