Nile Shadows
by Edward Whittemore
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Author: Edward WhittemoreEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2002-12
ISBN: 1882968247
Number of pages: 478
Publisher: Old Earth Books
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Summary: 5 Stars
If you've heard about Whittemore from one of his fans you've probably heard it all already. In fact, the 'all' can usually be summed up in two or three phrases: 'Unknown,' 'Unrecognized' and/or 'unappreciated genius.' I am not here to argue against these sentiments but I will just say that there is a logical inchorency here that may be cleared up if we say that he is known but not known enough; that he is recognized but his recognition must spread beyond his small but growing legions of fans; that he is appreciated but hitherto he has been appreciated by far far too few. Furthermore, the quality of Whittemore being a genius limits him, I think, to just the usual stylistic tropes of that appalation. I don't think we would usually call someone an emotional genius or a genius of virtue although perhaps we should. For Whittemore is something more beyond his mastery of evocative language and his plethora of great characters. There is a quality of Whittemore's work that Kenneth Rexroth observed is lacking even in many of those novels we would often call 'great.' That quality is 'magnaminity.' It's there in the great Chinese novels such as the 'The Story of the Stone' and it's there in Ford's 'Parades End' and (although I can't remember if Rexroth says this himself but I do believe it to be the case) it's there in Tolstoy. And it's certainly there in Whittemore.
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