Welcome to the blog for Prof. John Talbird's English 220 class. The purpose of this site is two-fold: 1) to continue the conversations we start in class (or to start conversations before we get to class) and 2) to practice our writing/reading on a weekly basis in an informal forum.
Wednesday, April 26, 2017
By The Water
This was my least favorite of this week's readings. I felt similar weaknesses in this story to A Circular Valley, I just feel like Bowles can't hang at the magical realism table. It's a little heavy on the realism, too light on the magic, I feel. This creature, Lazrag, is introduced into the story but doesn't really help to carry it. I much prefer his other works where he deals in reality, and find his fantasy unbelievable and lacking in colorful or interesting descriptions.
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I didnt realized lazrag was a creature until the end , i understand where your coming from. But i think he did to switch it up a little bit so the readers dont get bored some the same genre or the same type of stories. The only thing i dont like from his stories are that he finishes them and then were thinking ok what is going to happen next ! He is vauge at the end and that bothers me a little bit because it leaves me questioning
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