On a recent drive from St. Louis, MO, to Central Ohio, I listened to the audio recording of The Body Artist by Don Delillo. I've read one other book by Delillo, Mao II, which I enjoyed. I was sorely disappointed with The Body Artist. It was read by Laurie Anderson, who rocks, and she did a great job with the material, casting a ambient, gentle, yet nearly soporific tone over the novella. Nevertheless, I was not drawn into the story in any way. I found myself bored. I'm not sure exactly why I found the protagonist so uninteresting, so unsympathetic, but after two cds, I threw in the towel and gave up. Life is too short to be bored by a book when there are so many options about things to read and listen to.
Posted by waking slow at July 23, 2003 02:32 PM