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Average Rating:  out of 3 Reviews
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Price: $16.00
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Sale: $10.00
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Manufacturer: Triquarterly
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EAN (European Article Number): 9780810150065
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: William Goyen
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Publisher: Triquarterly
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Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
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Publication Date: 1994-07-06
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Reading Level: 147
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Description: Completed while he was dying, William Goyen's Arcadio is one of the most affecting and imaginative farewells to life ever written. Arcadio, whose voice is inimitably Goyenesque, is a creature from beyond the normal walks of life. Half man, half woman, raised in a whorehouse and for years the veteran exhibitionist in an itinerant circus sideshow, he has escaped from the show and has been wandering in a quest for his lost family. Speaking intimately to the reader, he tells the bizarre and fantastic tale of his life. This unforgettable novel is the crown of Goyen's exploration of the forms and feelings that could be compassed within fiction.
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Customer Reviews
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Review Summary: a classic of style and boundary-breaking |
Date: 2004-10-22 |
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Details: I'm a Texan who usually avoids reading Texan writers, but Goyen's work is thrilling, amazing, evocative, fast-paced and also very sensual and religious/spiritual.
This is one of those reviews I write when I discover to my horror that a great work of literature has received no comments on amazon (I've done this before for Felipe Alfau, Marco Vassi and Nina Berberova). It's been 10-15 years since I've read this book, and I remember next to nothing about it other than being utterly swept away by it. (I got it as a freebie when subscribing to Triquarterly--editor Reginald Gibbons seems to be a big Goyen fan also; his press also republished House of Breath). It's time to buy another copy!
He's unlike any Texas writer I know, esp in terms of imagery and style. Maybe Cormac McCarthy, but without the Wild West claptrap in McCarthy (don't get me wrong--I like it!) and much more accessible.
This is first class stuff. |
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Review Summary: I didn't read this book. |
Date: 2000-02-09 |
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Details: But it came up when I searched for the term "family circus." Is the author a ruffiano? |
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Review Summary: William Goyen's Arcadio is worth the challenge it provides. |
Date: 1998-10-30 |
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Details: Texas writer William Goyen's last novel, _Arcadio_, a first-person account of a hermaphrodite's swan song, provides readers with a challenge every bit worth the effort. If one has read other Goyen (House of Breath, stories from Had I a Hundred Mouths), then _Arcadio_ will satisfy the curiosity about how Goyen's fiction "ended." If one has never read a Goyen work, then this will surely inspire. The novel tells the story of Arcadio, a freak by anyone's (including his own) standards; Goyen explores boundaries of sexuality, ethnicity, and language in the tale as Arcadio tells his story of existing in a world that categorizes people. It is tragic comedy or a comic tragedy, depending on the reader's viewpoint. Goyen displays his talents as a student of human nature and his art with capturing authentic language. Arcadio's broken English (Spanglish), stream-of-consciousness style, aids readers in entering his tormented mind. This book is for anyone who wants a good, but compelling read. Trivia fact: Goyen's widow is Emmy-award-winning actress Doris Roberts (of Everybody Loves Raymond fame). |
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