Talk:Bad Land: An American Romance

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I have expanded on the original article which, although good, was rather too brief in its account of the book's narrative. Ivankinsman (talk) 11:17, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Reference to Bad Land in Passage to Juneau: A Sea and Its Meanings

Jonathan Raban makes an interesting reference to Bad Land in his next book:

'I began marking my proofs of my book Bad Land, about drought and disappointment in a dry country, 1,000 miles from the nearest ocean. I'd always conceived of it as a sea story - the shipwreck of a hopeful fleet of wooden houses on the dusty shoals of Montana and North Dakota. It had been my passionate occupation for two years, but now, seeing it in severe print for the first time [he is marking up proofs], I was embarrased by it. This was the British edition, and a London copy-editor had helpfully translated my American prose into English English ... I spent a couple of hours erasing these corrections, yet their lingering presence tainted the whole book for me. All I could see were clumsy bits of narrative construction, as if the story had been cobbled together with hammer, nails, and two-by-fours.' ^[1]

On the contrary, the book is extremely well put together. Although it did not grip me as much as some of his others on its first reading, it certainly did a second time round, exhibiting the meticulous detailed research and flowing prose normally exhibited by the author in his writing. Ivankinsman (talk) 11:33, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

^ Passage to Juneau, p.247, Picador edition

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[1] Passage to Juneau, p.247, Picador edition

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