Describing what’s impossible – “Mr. Vertigo”
For a writer to describe something impossible or inconceivable, they might use metaphors, similes, understatement, incomplete phrases, invented words, blankContinue Reading
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Failed to finish it – Tom Hanks’ “The Making of…”
This novel has a long title; The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece. It alliterates nicely, and I’m sureContinue Reading
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Time-travel into a nightmarish moment in history – The Marriage Portrait, by Maggie O’Farrell
Maggie O’Farrell wrote the sublime historical novel Hamnet and Judith, about the children of William Shakespeare. She has a wonderfulContinue Reading
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Purposeful and puzzling crookedness – The Crooked Little Pieces Vol. 1, by Sophia Lambton
The word “crooked” in the title of this novel, the first in a series of seven, only partially describes it.Continue Reading
Stomach-turning: A Ballet of Lepers, by Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen, the famous musician, poet and lyricist, wrote the stories collected in A Ballet of Lepers in his youngContinue Reading
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