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Arcadio
Arcadio
Author: William Goyen
ISBN-13: 9780517550533
ISBN-10: 0517550539
Publication Date: 11/13/1983
Pages: 147
Edition: 1st ed
Rating:
  • Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
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4.5 stars, based on 1 rating
Publisher: Clarkson N. Potter
Book Type: Hardcover
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caffeinegirl avatar reviewed Arcadio on + 114 more book reviews
This is both an imaginative novel and a southern gothic, so it was impossible for me not to love it. It was the first I have read by William Goyen, so I rely on Reginald Gibbons' biography to learn that the novel's themes of friendships and alienation, betrayal and reconciliation, wandering travellers, and of course living as a divided person, were all literary obsessions for Goyen and that they and carry across most of his works. Goyen wrote this novel in the last few months of his working life, as he was dying of cancer, and it is a very open and emotional exploration of the themes that of his life. I don't remember how I came across this lyrical little book, but I am glad I did and would recommend it to anyone. It is a great story beautifully told.