Comments on: “The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque” by Jeffrey Ford http://scooterchronicles.com/2005/08/29/the-portrait-of-mrs-charbuque-by-jeffrey-ford/ Sat, 06 Mar 2010 13:53:25 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Zogworld http://scooterchronicles.com/2005/08/29/the-portrait-of-mrs-charbuque-by-jeffrey-ford/comment-page-1/#comment-2631 Zogworld Tue, 30 May 2006 12:39:10 +0000 http://scooterchronicles.com/2005/08/29/the-portrait-of-mrs-charbuque-by-jeffrey-ford/#comment-2631 <strong>Book Review: The Portrait of Mrs Charbuque by Jeffrey Ford</strong> WOW! You actually finished a book! After way too long, I have finally returned to reading and chewed through a quality read to get myself back “in shape” for summer readng; like it was high school The last book I finished was way back ... Book Review: The Portrait of Mrs Charbuque by Jeffrey Ford

WOW! You actually finished a book!

After way too long, I have finally returned to reading and chewed through a quality read to get myself back “in shape” for summer readng; like it was high school The last book I finished was way back …

]]> By: Scooter Chronicles » Ramblings - Saturday Edition http://scooterchronicles.com/2005/08/29/the-portrait-of-mrs-charbuque-by-jeffrey-ford/comment-page-1/#comment-413 Scooter Chronicles » Ramblings - Saturday Edition Sun, 09 Oct 2005 00:22:39 +0000 http://scooterchronicles.com/2005/08/29/the-portrait-of-mrs-charbuque-by-jeffrey-ford/#comment-413 [...] The Non-Book Signing Today Marcia and I headed down to Between Books to meet Jeffrey Ford. He is the author of two books I read recently and enjoyed (“The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque” and “The Girl in the Glass”). Unfortunately they had to cancel the gig earlier in the day and we hadn’t heard word. Not too big of a deal though. The store has an excellent collection of sci-fi and fantasy books. I have been there before a few times. Two reasons I don’t frequent the place is because it’s in Delaware, about a 45 minute to 1 hour drive. But also I would spend too much in there all the time. [...] [...] The Non-Book Signing Today Marcia and I headed down to Between Books to meet Jeffrey Ford. He is the author of two books I read recently and enjoyed (“The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque” and “The Girl in the Glass”). Unfortunately they had to cancel the gig earlier in the day and we hadn’t heard word. Not too big of a deal though. The store has an excellent collection of sci-fi and fantasy books. I have been there before a few times. Two reasons I don’t frequent the place is because it’s in Delaware, about a 45 minute to 1 hour drive. But also I would spend too much in there all the time. [...]

]]> By: Scooter Chronicles » “The Girl in the Glass” by Jeffrey Ford http://scooterchronicles.com/2005/08/29/the-portrait-of-mrs-charbuque-by-jeffrey-ford/comment-page-1/#comment-378 Scooter Chronicles » “The Girl in the Glass” by Jeffrey Ford Tue, 27 Sep 2005 00:08:25 +0000 http://scooterchronicles.com/2005/08/29/the-portrait-of-mrs-charbuque-by-jeffrey-ford/#comment-378 [...] The first thing I noticed with this novel is that the fancier prose from the first novel I read “The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque” is missing. Or to say it is really tamed down. He still shows his skills as a writer. But even though the Diego, the narrative character told in first person, goes on to higher education, we are dealing with a Mexican immigrant who English is a second language. So it makes sense that he wouldn’t speak with such flair as Piambo, the main character who is the first person narrative in the previous novel. [...] [...] The first thing I noticed with this novel is that the fancier prose from the first novel I read “The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque” is missing. Or to say it is really tamed down. He still shows his skills as a writer. But even though the Diego, the narrative character told in first person, goes on to higher education, we are dealing with a Mexican immigrant who English is a second language. So it makes sense that he wouldn’t speak with such flair as Piambo, the main character who is the first person narrative in the previous novel. [...]

]]> By: David http://scooterchronicles.com/2005/08/29/the-portrait-of-mrs-charbuque-by-jeffrey-ford/comment-page-1/#comment-283 David Mon, 29 Aug 2005 11:49:01 +0000 http://scooterchronicles.com/2005/08/29/the-portrait-of-mrs-charbuque-by-jeffrey-ford/#comment-283 Adding to wish list........ Adding to wish list……..

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