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The King in Yellow
by Robert W. Chambers
// Review //
Format: Soft Cover
Old literature and the lexicon of writers of the past always astound and in The King in Yellow, Robert Chambers takes that storytelling to an alluring and poetic level. The writing in this book takes time to explain the characters, their thoughts, the scenery and among all of it, the off putting elements (or the absence of them) to paint the scene. By doing this, you start to catch details that are just not right - like being in a dream where you have a bit of consciousness and tell yourself something is off. The dream-like state of things was the true allure to this book for me. If your not found of pulling apart elements of individual stories to find the symbolism and details to a world now steeped in madness and obscurity, where your not certain the reality of the situation, then you may find yourself frustrated with this book. I had to read the Street series twice to better understand the reason for the tone and perspective shift from the other stories. The book’s tone departure and small references in the street trilogy were there just not as gripping. I would have enjoyed the continuation of the worlds plagued by The King in Yellow (the play within the book its titled after) more.
// Personal Remarks //
My personal favorites were:
The Repairer of Reputations story
The Yellow Sign story
All the poetry in the Street Trilogy.
The version of The King and Yellow I purchased did not translate them, but I looked them up and they were profound. I hope to find standalone poetry by Chambers.
Format: Soft Cover
Old literature and the lexicon of writers of the past always astound and in The King in Yellow, Robert Chambers takes that storytelling to an alluring and poetic level. The writing in this book takes time to explain the characters, their thoughts, the scenery and among all of it, the off putting elements (or the absence of them) to paint the scene. By doing this, you start to catch details that are just not right - like being in a dream where you have a bit of consciousness and tell yourself something is off. The dream-like state of things was the true allure to this book for me. If your not found of pulling apart elements of individual stories to find the symbolism and details to a world now steeped in madness and obscurity, where your not certain the reality of the situation, then you may find yourself frustrated with this book. I had to read the Street series twice to better understand the reason for the tone and perspective shift from the other stories. The book’s tone departure and small references in the street trilogy were there just not as gripping. I would have enjoyed the continuation of the worlds plagued by The King in Yellow (the play within the book its titled after) more.
// Personal Remarks //
My personal favorites were:
The Repairer of Reputations story
The Yellow Sign story
All the poetry in the Street Trilogy.
The version of The King and Yellow I purchased did not translate them, but I looked them up and they were profound. I hope to find standalone poetry by Chambers.