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Originally Posted by Dante Hicks
You're wrong about the Grapes of Wrath.
Emo bullshit? They were supposed to be going through the great depression and facing bosses brutality and grinding poverty, not whining because their girlfriend bitched about them on her blog, or because Blink 182 split up ffs.
And you call yourself a socialist...  |
And it's got some of the most beautifully written, mournful landscapes I've ever read.
As for 'War and Peace', it's got such incredible scope. It covers war, friendship, love, politics, and spirituality in equal detail and with unfailing truthfulness, but despite the epic panorama in which the story is set, Tolstoy never loses his focus on the smaller portraits. He's so brilliant at accurately portraying character, and particularly the growth and maturity of a person. It's a human epic.
At least, that's what I think.