Odyssey-Influenced Novels:Â Family and Ghosts (Part 2 of an ongoing series)
Although my Road Novel is nowhere near as dark (nor literary) as either of these books, it does share the theme of characters who are as dead set as the Bundrens on getting to their desired destination. Like both Faulkner’s and Ward’s stories, mine contains multiple narrators, characters who each have their own story arcs. Though they judge each other for their monomanias, they each have their own obsessions which blind them to the insanity of their quests. All this gives me a great sense of empathy for the characters in these novels who stand by helplessly as their Odysseus/Anse/Leonie plunges into their foolish journey which will lead to pain and family fracture. There is a reason we read these stories year after year, millennium after millennium. There is a reason why we keep writing them, too.
glad i checked that out — beautiful — two sisters full of joy still playing together 😉
this makes me incredibly happy.
Damn, I wish I could have been there! I’ve seen you guys do that song many times, but this was inspired.
Thanks for posting this – it’s a happy reminder of a great night of music.
gosh, this makes me realize how very much i cannot wait for Feb 5!
it has been much too long to wait for my favorite dancing sisters… so, thanks for booking the show, we have missed your nearly- annual attendance in our wonderful city!
so yeah, i think you might have spoiled us in years past. because i really feel “robbed” when i don’t get at least one nields night per year.
xo
robert(st. louis)
I really, really, really needed this today. Thank you for posting! Much love – T.