Thank you for reviewing this amazing book. I am an incredibly slow reader and have been on fire reading this. I’m 1/3 through and cannot put it down. I plan to buy Fathers and Crows immediately so that I won’t have to wait to tear through it after finishing this one. Thank you again, you are doing a great public service.
That would be awesome! Perhaps if I wander to the old Mexican restaurant in Sacramento that is his studio (the one with a parking lot full of homeless and addicts) I’ll seize his attention when he leaves!
When i was looking for an exhaustive overview of vollmann's works, yours was the best i ever found on youtube. I'm glad that you pick "the seven dreams' project" up. Until now i've only read "fathers and crows" but i'll buy the other 4 books of this project asap. Thanks for your precious videos! Ps. I'm looking forward to don quixote's second part!
What a compliment! Thanks! I’m hoping to do what I can to highlight authors people should be reading. I just finished Fathers and Crows; the video is done; just need to edit and upload. Always great to hear from you. Happy holidays!
I found your channel as I was looking for Harold Bloom’s Genius book reviews. It’s so nice waking up on a Saturday morning and drink coffee while you watch someone talking about books. Great channel. Thanks for the review!
Why thank you! I do have a review of The Anxiety of Influence. Bloom has been one of my literary advisors for many years. Thanks for your kind comments!
Dude sounds like a badass, thanks for introducing me to this author, he's been on my radar since the first vid you made about him, eveyrthing you say about him seems like a total match with my interests, his topics, themes, the way he clearly does his research... 2020 I'm definitely reading something by him, it's probably going to be fathers and crows, it seems like my perfect cup of tea, would you suggest starting somewhere else? I'm not afraid of big difficult books :). From the synopsis I wasn't really interested in this one, but after watching this vid that has definitely changed hehe, as always thanks for the content!
Yes, he is! I think Fathers and Crows is incredible. (I’ll have a video about it up soon.) If you like sprawling maximalist fiction, his first novel is great. For fiction mixed with his real, sumptuous travels, The Atlas is a crowd-pleaser.
@@LeafbyLeaf That is good, but there is nothing worse than someone who starts a series and leaves the readers hanging by never finishing it. I hope this is not the case here as it has happened with other authors.
I get that. Luckily it’s not like genre fiction where we are waiting for a sort of ending or resolution. With Seven Dreams, it’s sort of the inverse: he’s exposing more roots to endings we already know.
And he’s apparently been working on them since the 80s-90s! Have you read the excerpt of Cloud-Shirt? It’s at least something. www.grandstreet.com/gsissues/gs46/gs46c.html
This was a great review! I’ve never heard about Vollmann or his books before, but you’ve made me very curious. I think I’ll pick this one up. Your pronunciation is good! Have a wonderful day 😊
Looking forward to seeing how Vollmann has progressed after his first novel. I'm finding Risen Angels to be an easy but extremely wonderful read. When I get to another Vollmann book, it will probably be Europe Central. After that, who knows, perhaps this dream series. So the poison-shirt one is unpublished why, do you know? No publisher up to the task yet?
It’s incredible how different YBARA is compared to the entire rest of his output. He even brushes it off as a children’s book. The Poison-Shirt and The Cloud-Shirt are both unpublished because they are unfinished. He’s been working on them all (all seven) at once back and forth since the late 80s. From what he has said, The Cloud-Shirt deals with extremely difficult/complicated subject matter. From my view-since Penguin took on Imperial and The Dying, he won’t have trouble publishing them.
@@LeafbyLeaf That's good to hear that those will come out eventually. To call Risen Angels a children's book is ridiculously hyperbolic but I suppose it's because he holds himself to a much higher standard of research and such now.
Completely agree. (By the way, your book is staring me in the face right now. Beckoning me to turn the last page of this Irving book and enter its world.)
@@LeafbyLeaf I'm excited to hear your thoughts on it, Chris. It's also good to know that you're a kind and conscientious reader (otherwise I'd be a bit nervous). Rick read it in 2 or 3 days so I guess it's a small arpertif until my current project is done, then that will be something a reader can live inside for at least a month, probably more.
Thank you for reviewing this amazing book. I am an incredibly slow reader and have been on fire reading this. I’m 1/3 through and cannot put it down. I plan to buy Fathers and Crows immediately so that I won’t have to wait to tear through it after finishing this one. Thank you again, you are doing a great public service.
I am always thrilled to hear from someone who enjoys the pleasures of Vollmann, especially his Seven Dreams! All my best to you!
Future Leaf by Leaf video: guided tour of Vollmann's writing studio
That would be awesome! Perhaps if I wander to the old Mexican restaurant in Sacramento that is his studio (the one with a parking lot full of homeless and addicts) I’ll seize his attention when he leaves!
@@LeafbyLeaf I'm sure our children will get to visit the studio 50 years later when it is declared a national landmark / museum!
When i was looking for an exhaustive overview of vollmann's works, yours was the best i ever found on youtube. I'm glad that you pick "the seven dreams' project" up. Until now i've only read "fathers and crows" but i'll buy the other 4 books of this project asap. Thanks for your precious videos!
Ps. I'm looking forward to don quixote's second part!
What a compliment! Thanks! I’m hoping to do what I can to highlight authors people should be reading. I just finished Fathers and Crows; the video is done; just need to edit and upload. Always great to hear from you. Happy holidays!
@@LeafbyLeaf , happy holidays to you too and your family!
I found your channel as I was looking for Harold Bloom’s Genius book reviews. It’s so nice waking up on a Saturday morning and drink coffee while you watch someone talking about books. Great channel. Thanks for the review!
Why thank you! I do have a review of The Anxiety of Influence. Bloom has been one of my literary advisors for many years. Thanks for your kind comments!
That's great! That book is on my list. Thank you!
@@Telly234 You're welcome!
Dude sounds like a badass, thanks for introducing me to this author, he's been on my radar since the first vid you made about him, eveyrthing you say about him seems like a total match with my interests, his topics, themes, the way he clearly does his research... 2020 I'm definitely reading something by him, it's probably going to be fathers and crows, it seems like my perfect cup of tea, would you suggest starting somewhere else? I'm not afraid of big difficult books :).
From the synopsis I wasn't really interested in this one, but after watching this vid that has definitely changed hehe, as always thanks for the content!
Yes, he is! I think Fathers and Crows is incredible. (I’ll have a video about it up soon.) If you like sprawling maximalist fiction, his first novel is great. For fiction mixed with his real, sumptuous travels, The Atlas is a crowd-pleaser.
Fantastic review! Thank you for sharing. Found you through Peg at The History Shelf. Also I am in love with your library!
Thanks so much! And I love your username!
@@LeafbyLeaf Thanks! I look forward to more of your videos! :)
Another amazing analysis, hope he gets the other two in the series done.
Me, too! He just came out with two books of photographs and accompanying essays.
@@LeafbyLeaf That is good, but there is nothing worse than someone who starts a series and leaves the readers hanging by never finishing it. I hope this is not the case here as it has happened with other authors.
I get that. Luckily it’s not like genre fiction where we are waiting for a sort of ending or resolution. With Seven Dreams, it’s sort of the inverse: he’s exposing more roots to endings we already know.
@@LeafbyLeaf True. It is just that we know there is supposed to be two more and they have been talked about, but still . .
And he’s apparently been working on them since the 80s-90s! Have you read the excerpt of Cloud-Shirt? It’s at least something.
www.grandstreet.com/gsissues/gs46/gs46c.html
This was a great review! I’ve never heard about Vollmann or his books before, but you’ve made me very curious. I think I’ll pick this one up.
Your pronunciation is good!
Have a wonderful day 😊
Tusen takk! Vollmann should not be missed. He’s the hardest working writer of our time.
Leaf by Leaf I just ordered it 😄
Looking forward to seeing how Vollmann has progressed after his first novel. I'm finding Risen Angels to be an easy but extremely wonderful read. When I get to another Vollmann book, it will probably be Europe Central. After that, who knows, perhaps this dream series. So the poison-shirt one is unpublished why, do you know? No publisher up to the task yet?
It’s incredible how different YBARA is compared to the entire rest of his output. He even brushes it off as a children’s book. The Poison-Shirt and The Cloud-Shirt are both unpublished because they are unfinished. He’s been working on them all (all seven) at once back and forth since the late 80s. From what he has said, The Cloud-Shirt deals with extremely difficult/complicated subject matter. From my view-since Penguin took on Imperial and The Dying, he won’t have trouble publishing them.
@@LeafbyLeaf That's good to hear that those will come out eventually.
To call Risen Angels a children's book is ridiculously hyperbolic but I suppose it's because he holds himself to a much higher standard of research and such now.
Completely agree. (By the way, your book is staring me in the face right now. Beckoning me to turn the last page of this Irving book and enter its world.)
@@LeafbyLeaf I'm excited to hear your thoughts on it, Chris. It's also good to know that you're a kind and conscientious reader (otherwise I'd be a bit nervous). Rick read it in 2 or 3 days so I guess it's a small arpertif until my current project is done, then that will be something a reader can live inside for at least a month, probably more.