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Original Title:	I.
ISBN:	0971904707 (ISBN13: 9780971904705)
Edition Language:	English

I.

Stephen Dixon

Hardcover | Pages: 338 pages

Rating: 3.52 | 235 Users | 26 Reviews

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The long-awaited novel by master Stephen Dixon, twice a finalist for the National Book Award, I. is a searingly powerful and seemingly autobiographical novel  in the form of linked stories  that explores the limitations of memory and the frustrations of the narrator's life, as he cares for his two daughters and his handicapped wife, whose condition worsens as the narrator struggles with his own sense of mortality. I. is hardcover, with cover art by acclaimed graphic novelist Dan Clowes.

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Title	:	I.
Author	:	Stephen Dixon
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 338 pages
Published	:	June 1st 2002 by McSweeney's
Categories	:	Fiction. Novels

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Ratings: 3.52 From 235 Users | 26 Reviews

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I started reading this book recently, but I'm just in far too melancholy a mood to be reading something this laden with emotion. I think, based on the aesthetic principles of distance, that I can only really enjoy a melancholic book when I'm feeling whimsical. I suppose the point of a book that drips with feeling is that you should be as close to it as you possibly can, but I really want to enjoy reading. I don't want to find myself shouldering someone else's burden along with my own. I love

Stephen Dixon is the most accessible difficult writer that I've read. He uses a simple vocabulary. The syntax is straightforward. He gets a little weird with timelines though, re-inventing a story sentence by sentence. In this, Dixon is the most like Samuel Beckett of and contemporary writer that I know. He doesn't really let his characters progress. They're stuck in their head worrying about possible eventualities, imagining what could happen, not necessarily what did happen. Also, like

okay. so i added the fourth star because of the cutout on the cover. the book itself is a thing of beauty. it's a nice heavy cloth that feels good in your hands.

This one had some tough moments It was ugly but I still liked it

My mother just recently asked me if I had ever read this author. A surreal experience to say the least since this is one of my favourite books by one of my favourite authors. She purchased it cheap from the McSweeney's garage sale (I am not sure if this is still going on but if it is check it out, lots of great titles for very very cheap). If you've never experienced a Stephen Dixon story I think it's time you begun. No one tells a story the way he does.

i enjoyed the repetition when done well; horrible when it wasn't---the sense of narration displacement was done well in a good many parts but then he had to point it out and make it a, "Look at how clever I'm being!" gimmick. it was disjointed; short stories with some overlap...the last story saved it from being two stars or less.

Gosh, I really wanted to like this better, as I can relate to I.'s over-introspectiveness. It started off pretty strong, but after the first third, it leveled off and was mostly just kind of 'there'. Didn't bore me to tears, but it didn't move me too often until the long final chapter, where it redeemed itself a little bit.