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Title: Blood and Guts in High School by Kathy Acker ISBN: 0-394-62334-7 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: October, 1984 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.88 (8 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Tries too hard
Comment: I read this novella for a postmodern fiction class and was disappointed with what I settled on as its purpose. This book, however successful in addressing the issue of the taboo (the pedophilia, incest, abuse), which, as I have skimmed articles related to the book, was one of Acker's intentions, was simply shock for the sake of shock. It seemed as if all the pictures were simply to shock, all the embarrassingly sleazy plotlines, and the non-traditional form, existed simply to be sleazy and non traditional. Who knows if this is a truth. All I know is I felt nothing but relief after finishing the novel, which I felt was wholly unreadable, as Acker may feel comfortable admitting.
Rating: 4
Summary: You will know her
Comment: I see that many reviewers feel repulsed and perturbed by this novel's somewhat shocking content and unconventional narrative style. While I can understand that some of the content may offend potential readers, and that the de-emphasizing of the plot (as opposed to lack of plot..there is, in fact, some narrative progression here) may baffle them, I can still state quite certainly that this book is a moving and thoroughly enjoyable read. I found myself identifying with the novel's protagonist, and suspect that there may be a little bit of Janey in everyone. The final chapters of the book are the most moving, culminating in a genuinely captivating sequence of illustrations that are every bit as important as the preceding text. So in final analysis: Yes, this book switches format many times - from dramatic dialogue, to conventional text (which itself changes subject many times), to poetry, to illustration. Yes there are lots of references to genetalia, and yes there are distinctly feminist overtones throughout. However, none of this should stop anyone from picking the book up and giving it an openminded read. It is not as difficult as some reviewers have made it out to be, and the shocking elements are not, as one reviewer claimed, there for controversy's sake. Take a trip into the mind of little Janey. You'll be glad you did.
Rating: 1
Summary: This is not a book to be set aside lightly.
Comment: Instead, it should be flung to the ground with great force. Acker is nothing more than a paedophile, a dirty old toothless man trapped in a woman's body. Comprehensively awful. Had a man written this, he would have been lynched instantly. Avoid at all costs.
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Title: Great Expectations by Kathy Acker ISBN: 0802131557 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: October, 1989 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
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Title: Pussy, King of the Pirates by Kathy Acker ISBN: 080213484X Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: January, 1997 List Price(USD): $13.50 |
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Title: Empire of the Senseless by Kathy Acker ISBN: 0802131794 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: January, 1990 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Don Quixote: Which Was a Dream by Kathy Acker ISBN: 0802131921 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: September, 1989 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Erasure by Percival Everett ISBN: 0786888156 Publisher: Hyperion Pub. Date: 02 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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