Wholly unique and stirring. Like Burroughs, Hoban constructs a new language to place the reader within the time and space of the titular character. At some point, your brain warps and it takes on a deeper meaning than the words themselves — you come to deeply posses the mythology of the time and people in which it’s set. 
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I dunno who’s gonna get this but I’m getting big #RiddleyWalker vibes from my rewatch of #StationEleven…

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Twee van de weinige voordelen van weer verhuizen: teruglezen hoe je heerlijk je een boek vond, en bevestiging terugvinden dat je een grootse toekomst achter je hebt. #RiddleyWalker #ReadIt

Reading #RiddleyWalker again. Well, just dipping in and out. The language is as apocalyptic as the setting; bruised, degraded, ugly-beautiful. This book can take a while to get into but it has so many rich rewards. #bookstodon

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"Gone ter morrer here to day,
Pick it up and walk a way,
Don't you know greaf and woe,
Pick it up its time to go,
Greaf and woe dont you know,
Pick it up its time to go...
Haul agen and hump your load,
Everybodys on the road"
From Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban
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"Never did a Good Luck brother
Tern a roun to help the other"
Riddley Walker, by Russell Hoban
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