Alex Kudera’s award-winning novel, Fight for Your Long Day (Atticus Books), was drafted in a walk-in closet during a summer in Seoul, South Korea. Auggie’s Revenge (Beating Windward Press) is his second novel. His numerous short stories include “Frade Killed Ellen” (Dutch Kills Press), “Bombing from Above” (Heavy Feather Review), and “A Thanksgiving” (Eclectica Magazine).
Showing posts with label Chris McCandless. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chris McCandless. Show all posts
Sunday, March 8, 2020
The McCandless Mecca
I enjoyed The McCandless Mecca by Ken Ilgunas. It's not quite a novella, or not by yesterday's standards, but it includes the Ilgunas humor and thoughtfulness I remember well from Walden on Wheels. It certainly made me want to read Into the Wild, even if author Jon Krakauer has already rejected the conclusions he offered in that book. From Krakauer's article in The New Yorker, I enjoyed learning that Chris McCandless had Nikolai Gogol on hand during his final days:
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)