I just finished "Angels" by Denis Johnson I think "Angels…
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I just finished "Angels" by Denis Johnson
I think "Angels" is a very well written but very dark and depressing novel. It definitely makes me want to go back and read more of his books.
The final paragraph in the book is absolutely beautiful and I've never seen anyone talk about it online.
"It was Fredrick's understanding that the prisoners had a story: that each night for months, at nine precisely, a light had burned in a window in the town, where the men on one cell block's upper tier could see it and wonder, and imagine, each one, that it shone for him alone. But, that was just a story, something that people will tell themselves, something to pass the time it takes for the violence inside a man to wear him away, or to consumed itself, depending on who is the candle and who is the light."
What do you think Johnson was aiming to say with this? I'd love to hear your interpretations.
A great book, I'd highly recommend checking it out - Be warned though it's very, very messed up and pretty dark. Lots of drug use, psychotic breakdown, rape, violence, etc
#entertainment
I think "Angels" is a very well written but very dark and depressing novel. It definitely makes me want to go back and read more of his books.
The final paragraph in the book is absolutely beautiful and I've never seen anyone talk about it online.
"It was Fredrick's understanding that the prisoners had a story: that each night for months, at nine precisely, a light had burned in a window in the town, where the men on one cell block's upper tier could see it and wonder, and imagine, each one, that it shone for him alone. But, that was just a story, something that people will tell themselves, something to pass the time it takes for the violence inside a man to wear him away, or to consumed itself, depending on who is the candle and who is the light."
What do you think Johnson was aiming to say with this? I'd love to hear your interpretations.
A great book, I'd highly recommend checking it out - Be warned though it's very, very messed up and pretty dark. Lots of drug use, psychotic breakdown, rape, violence, etc
#entertainment
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