In the Deep Midwinter

On the first page of this book, I thought I was in for one of those over-literary, pretentious novels in which the writer imagines he is a poet. Metaphors and similes flew like snowflakes. The world is a wound, he writes, and cold lies over it "coagulating its waters like blood under air." Soon the......more

Quite well written, I found it hard to get into because I didn't particularly care for any of the characters. It was kind of interesting to see the fragility, strength and superficial qualities of relationships portrayed throughout the plot. Also how morals and faith are often assumed out of habit a......more

Clark evokes the late 1940s perfectly with telling details of cigarettes, items of clothing, and radio shows in a novel that explores the inner lives of an upper middle class family in Saint Paul, Minnesota.......more

Just finished In the Deep Midwinter by Robert Clark this morning. It...wasn't bad. And a pretty quick read, even with the most stereotypical title that simply had no relationship to the text that I could see beyond pretentiousness. Let's talk about it not as in a literary review, but as I would any......more