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A review by casparb
Suppose a Sentence by Brian Dillon
4.0
A satisfying survey of sentences from authors across four(ish) centuries.
Particularly love the due deference to Gertrude Stein and Roland Barthes. Stein is, to me, perhaps the most radical re-inventor of the sentence that ever put pen to paper (at least, certainly in the 20thc), and it is an ongoing crime that she is still underrecognised as such.
Dillon has also quite convinced me to find a copy of Claire Louise-Bennett's Pond.
Particularly love the due deference to Gertrude Stein and Roland Barthes. Stein is, to me, perhaps the most radical re-inventor of the sentence that ever put pen to paper (at least, certainly in the 20thc), and it is an ongoing crime that she is still underrecognised as such.
Dillon has also quite convinced me to find a copy of Claire Louise-Bennett's Pond.