![]() ![]() Then there are the number of times women are described based primarily on their attractiveness, including some random speculation on what one woman (who does not flirt with him in any way) would be like in bed. Then when he picks up a young woman hitchhiking, who describes the objectively abusive home life she is fleeing, he argues with her, telling her it couldn't have been all bad, and maintains a disapproving attitude. There are a couple (at least) of men who, when telling their life stories, spend a lot of time blaming women for their sorry states, and Heat-Moon listens sympathetically. This sexist feeling isn't everywhere or even a constant theme, but it shows up often enough that it really started to drag on me. ![]() ![]() ![]() Part of that is just my attachment to the prairie (oh, I lit up when we got to his descriptions of the northern prairie in this book!), but part of it lies in Heat-Moon's attitude toward women, surely colored by the fact that this entire trip was in no small part motivated by the collapse of his relationship. I did not enjoy it quite as much as PrairyErth, however. William Least Heat-Moon is an excellent writer, and there are so many beautiful turns of phrase and fascinating observations here. This was another buddy read with my dad, since we enjoyed PrairyErth so much. ![]()
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