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  I'm reading Updike's Rabbit Redux and London's The Sea Wolf.  I had obviously heard of the Rabbit books many times over the years, but finally got a two book collection with the (first?) four.  It was interesting because I began reading Rabbit, Run during a troubled time in my life, specifically involving my children and my wife.  I wanted to run.  Every day I wanted to run.  I (we) are in a better place now and my thoughts of running have been relegated to the dungeon of my mind.  Anyway, I hadn't really any idea what the books were about but the few pre-conceptions I had were quickly shattered.  It's rare but very powerful when such a piece of literature finds its way into your life when it's most apropo.

  The Sea Wolf is interesting.    A rich city man gets rescued from the water by the crew of a seal hunting vessel.  The captain--Wolf Larsen--decides to keep him on as a hand rather than let him embark on another ship that's heading back to port.  Larsen is a self-educated man whose moral compass always points to himself and his wants and needs with little regard to others.

   

  Posted 02 Aug 08 in the narrative ark