Posts Tagged ‘Denton Welch’
On Maiden Voyage
05Feb08
It was difficult to read Maiden Voyage, the 1943 novel by Denton Welch, although not in any of the usual ways. For starters, the prose is relatively simple, marked by compact sentences — very much in keeping with the voice of a sixteen-year-old — but deceptively elegant; sincere and direct without ever being vulgar or […]
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Tags: Catcher in the Rye, Denton Welch, Holden Caulfield, Maiden Voyage
In which The Gay Recluse ponders the transformation of the monumental into the mundane (and vice versa). Date of Incident: January 28, 2008 Time: 5:39 pm. Causes of Disaster: Careless and possibly blatant disregard of invaluable records; ongoing acts of civil disobedience. Remarks: After a long and exhaustive search, an historic document of invaluable worth […]
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Tags: Cast Iron, Denton Welch, Disaster Footage, Dogs, Homeland Security, Maiden Voyage
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