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Ann Favreau has traveled to a
variety of different countries. She
has writtern poems about her
India trip for the Keeping Kurrent
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Ann has just released her book: People and Places. You can contact her about this book at favra1@comcast.net.
Ann has just released her book: People and Places. You can contact her about this book at favra1@comcast.net.
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Book Review: "People and Places" by Ann Favreau
"People and Places," is a collection of narrative poetry and real life stories by Ann Favreau who in a recently published anthology "Window Eyes" describes herself as a traveler finding wonder in the ordinary, which appears to also be the foundation for "People and Places".
Favreau has a gift for descriptive narrative but her stories felt rushed and simplistic. Most lacked depth almost as though she, the author, had more to think about. I found myself almost irritated because they ended too abruptly even though she did a good job of bringing the reader back to where we came into the story and reminded us of why she began the journey. However, the stories in "People and Places" are like reading an extract or shortened version of something more important (kind of like a list of ideas, or notes in a journal kept for a book she may write later).
In the introduction to "People and Places" Favreau says "I hope you will discover the soul of a writer who wants to touch others with the expression of ideas." Her stories "seem like good ideas" but read like unfinished observations of a memory taken from a larger context - sort of like those little warm up exercises one does in a writing class when one is tasked with writing for 10 minutes about an encounter or something stumbled upon.
I did not feel I needed to know more about most of Favreau's short glimpses of life, except for "Giverney," which was a beautifully written narration about "The Gardens of Giverney" which is the site of Claude Monet's home. Favreau's words were literally brush strokes of vivid color and poignant texture as enchanting as the "magical gardens of Giverney" and the paintings of Monet.
Favreau's poems were better than the short stories. They were short descriptive narratives and quick observations, imagery and metaphor from which meaning randomly unfolded. The titles were intriguing. In summary, People and Places is an artfully simplistic perspective through the eyes of someone who encapsulates the sensation of time and place and invites further exploration.
December 15, 2011 Reviewed by:
Annie Heart, "Aheartforpeace@gmail.com"
"People and Places," is a collection of narrative poetry and real life stories by Ann Favreau who in a recently published anthology "Window Eyes" describes herself as a traveler finding wonder in the ordinary, which appears to also be the foundation for "People and Places".
Favreau has a gift for descriptive narrative but her stories felt rushed and simplistic. Most lacked depth almost as though she, the author, had more to think about. I found myself almost irritated because they ended too abruptly even though she did a good job of bringing the reader back to where we came into the story and reminded us of why she began the journey. However, the stories in "People and Places" are like reading an extract or shortened version of something more important (kind of like a list of ideas, or notes in a journal kept for a book she may write later).
In the introduction to "People and Places" Favreau says "I hope you will discover the soul of a writer who wants to touch others with the expression of ideas." Her stories "seem like good ideas" but read like unfinished observations of a memory taken from a larger context - sort of like those little warm up exercises one does in a writing class when one is tasked with writing for 10 minutes about an encounter or something stumbled upon.
I did not feel I needed to know more about most of Favreau's short glimpses of life, except for "Giverney," which was a beautifully written narration about "The Gardens of Giverney" which is the site of Claude Monet's home. Favreau's words were literally brush strokes of vivid color and poignant texture as enchanting as the "magical gardens of Giverney" and the paintings of Monet.
Favreau's poems were better than the short stories. They were short descriptive narratives and quick observations, imagery and metaphor from which meaning randomly unfolded. The titles were intriguing. In summary, People and Places is an artfully simplistic perspective through the eyes of someone who encapsulates the sensation of time and place and invites further exploration.
December 15, 2011 Reviewed by:
Annie Heart, "Aheartforpeace@gmail.com"