Comments for Mary Gaitskill http://marygaitskill.com Fansite for a top author Mon, 20 May 2013 05:26:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Comment on Veronica, by Mary Gaitskill by AnOriginalName http://marygaitskill.com/veronica-by-mary-gaitskill/comment-page-1/#comment-445 AnOriginalName Mon, 20 May 2013 05:26:15 +0000 http://marygaitskill.com/?p=20#comment-445 I love this book. I picked this book for my English class because I read about Mary Gaitskill and her work and assumed that I would not be bored with all the things about sexual fetishes and immorality. But this book isn’t like that, those are benign; the main force of the story is amazing. What makes this book difficult for me to do my project is exactly what I love about it, the story is not chronological and the actual events aren’t important but rather the thoughts of Allison are. I’d admit before I just scoffed at literature as a serious subject, when I was 8 or so I tried reading Harry Potter and I got so bored I didn’t get passed 16 pages. Otherwise every other piece of literature was in an English class which I didn’t hate but didn’t care for; I just assumed literature was just something I had no interest in. I felt I would be better served reading non-fiction books like those on philosophy or history, I even read Karl Marx for my required reading. But this book just had such an effect on me, everytime I stopped reading I would go around analyzing things in my head like Allison did in the book. This book is absolutely amazing.

]]> Comment on Veronica, by Mary Gaitskill by Julissa http://marygaitskill.com/veronica-by-mary-gaitskill/comment-page-1/#comment-377 Julissa Mon, 15 Oct 2012 12:35:13 +0000 http://marygaitskill.com/?p=20#comment-377 I found myself nodidng my noggin all the way through.

]]> Comment on About by admin http://marygaitskill.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-363 admin Sun, 16 Sep 2012 01:37:23 +0000 http:/?page_id=2#comment-363 You can find it in the collection Bad Behavior :)

]]> Comment on About by Liz Colpoys http://marygaitskill.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-362 Liz Colpoys Sun, 16 Sep 2012 00:36:41 +0000 http:/?page_id=2#comment-362 Where can i find her short story “Heaven”?

]]> Comment on Veronica, by Mary Gaitskill by Sung http://marygaitskill.com/veronica-by-mary-gaitskill/comment-page-1/#comment-183 Sung Sat, 31 Dec 2011 15:34:54 +0000 http://marygaitskill.com/?p=20#comment-183 Great writeup on a novel I just finished reading. I’m a big fan of Gaitskill’s, too, and I adored Veronica. That’s a great question you bring up — why is Veronica such a prominent, unshakable figure for Alison? I thought it was because:

1) she’s even more walled off than Alison is, emotionally, which Alison sees as a strength, at least initially;
2) she revels in her unattractiveness/doesn’t care. As a model, someone who makes her living from her outer appearance, Alison enjoys Veronica’s freedom vicariously.

When Alison meets her, she’s twenty-five or so, right? For models, that’s ancient, but in any other reality, she’s in the prime of her youth. So to see someone like Veronica, who’s not beautiful and not young, living her life the way she does — it seems to me that Alison found this attractive.

I agree with you — I think it’s wonderful that Gaitskill left this a mystery for us to think about. And I’m so glad you started this website — good luck with it!

- Sung

]]> Comment on Veronica, by Mary Gaitskill by Colin Erickson z http://marygaitskill.com/veronica-by-mary-gaitskill/comment-page-1/#comment-173 Colin Erickson z Mon, 26 Dec 2011 02:46:27 +0000 http://marygaitskill.com/?p=20#comment-173 The two share quite a few “Hot Love” moments between them, with Mary making up the love triangle.

]]> Comment on About by admin http://marygaitskill.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-128 admin Sat, 07 May 2011 20:52:03 +0000 http:/?page_id=2#comment-128 You should read her! She is an excellent writer.

]]> Comment on About by Karen Hastings http://marygaitskill.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-127 Karen Hastings Sat, 07 May 2011 19:22:15 +0000 http:/?page_id=2#comment-127 Am interested in reading Mary Gaitskill. Have read wonderful reviews of her books.

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