Visions of Cody
Book description
"What I'm beginning to discover now is something beyond the novel and beyond the arbitrary confines of the story. . . . I'm making myself seek to find the wild form, that can grow with my wild heart . . . because now I know MY HEART DOES GROW." -Jack…
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1 author picked Visions of Cody as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This book is sort of an alternate take of On the Road. Cody Pomeroy here is Dean Moriarty, this book is his legend, and instead of unravelling it all in a chronological spiel it's the koans and page-long dreams of remembrance, some of the richest extended prose he ever made.
The writing is true to the soul and heart of the continent and it captures the electric twentieth century.
He wanted to roll up all his books together, standardize the names, and call it The Duluoz Legend. When I read him now I think of all those words as…
From Michael's list on big, lyrical, and packed with poetic prose.
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