What I’m Going to Do, I Think (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Larry Woiwode
- First Published: 1969
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: 1960’s, Self-discovery, Suicide, Marriage, Midwest, Chicago, Pregnancy, Generation gap
- Locales: Chicago, IL, Michigan, Wisconsin, Madison, WI, Milwaukee, WI, Pyramid Bluffs, MI
Woiwode's first novel, What I’m Going to Do, I Think, is an absorbing character study of two newlyweds, each of whom is originally drawn to the other as opposites proverbially attract. Chris Van Eenanam, the protagonist, is a listless mathematics graduate student, an unhappy agnostic preoccupied with his unsure footing in the world. Put simply, he lacks vocation or a consuming vision of what he should do with his life. The novel's title thus accentuates his self-doubt and indecision, echoing something Chris's father once said in observing his accident-prone son: “What I’m...
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