Masterpiece! 17

So, of course, there is the style of writing.
This is also what is striking at first, this writing torrential several simultaneous voices.
We are in the privacy of the thoughts of each character, involved, embedded in every action and intention of each of them (human or animal).
Indeed, in a single paragraph, sometimes even in the same sentence, you end up with a player character polyphony as panoramic vision.
Or as an illustration of multiple doors of perception dear to Ken Kesey and Merry Pranksters.
That which does not rely on a truth, understand the complexity of individuals.
A dizzying virtuosity, and also, a stunning lyricism, Shakespearean references.
Moreover, for a country lover, traditional folksong, which references!
But remain at this stage, it would be so simplistic.

It also has it, the nature (beautiful and wild Oregon, Canada flight of the geese, the river that eats everything in its path, banks and houses, wetness of the climate that plagues the body) History (the pioneers of Wild West, contempt for the Indians, the return of the Korean War), the characters' personalities (loggers, traders, bistro tenant, musicians, trade unionists, bitch ...) family history, weight past the right thing, unspoken, resentment, jealousy, revenge to satisfy, love without words it would take to say, the world is changing, the individualism of the American dream that yields instead the societal, trade unionism, the atomic bomb is a reality ...
Be careful.

The Stamper family, the patriarch Henry, "loud" and tough guy, the son Hank the "slugger" and Lee "intellectual," the nephew Joe Ben "disfigured"
A strict hierarchy, each has its place, each in his place.
The hard core.
and other Stamper.
You're right, Viv, we must go back very far to understand.
Manly history, full of testosterone men where women are sometimes a challenge, a trophy or a way to get his way (Myra, Viv)
Be careful.

A family and a terrible vengeance to wreak.
Alone, but united against others, against changing the rules.
Do not let up.

The inexorable advance of what is inevitable.
The strong have no right to any weakness, they always have to be strong, they can not pretend.
The river and erosion.
Do not let up.

We hear screaming, we feel it in his own body hatred, force, violence, bodies and shattered hearts.
We will advance without being able to avoid collateral damage.
Do not let up.

It is impossible, I realize, to talk about this book, I have not that talent either.
To borrow a phrase from a bookseller:
"It took 60 pages to go, I'll maybe put 60 years to get out"

"Either You're on the bus or you're off the bus"
What a great editor work, whatever translator job.
Thank you again this time, Mr. Toussaint Louverture, the result is there.
Fort!