Always Coming Home

Usually I manage to read books by Le Guin in one sitting- which is how I prefer to experience books, though obviously that's rarely feasible. Such is the case with ALWAYS COMING HOME, which took me ten days.

I admire and enjoyed this book, but did not love it. It's too disorganized and has too many “halting” points for me to be get immersed like I typically do in a story. It's hard not to feel respect for Le Guin has accomplished here, crafting a truly unique work and perhaps, yes, one of her greatest achievements in writing.

This is the type of book I would like to re-read in parts, opening the book at random and just reading random passages throughout (another excellent Le Guin book to do this same thing with is the Library of America collection of her poetry). Reading it as you would a typical book makes for an exhausting experience, however.