![]() ![]() He wrote, “The good writer sees things sharply, vividly, accurately, and selectively…because he cares about seeing things clearly and getting them down effectively.” I found The Third Hotel to have none of these qualities. At the very least, I want evidence of the author’s hyper-observation, the noticing of everything, a skill writer John Gardner in his book On Becoming a Novelist said was paramount. I want language that ultimately makes me succumb to the author’s voice with the understanding that the voice will not be compromised. I words that build to unexpected beauty, or that throw punches and jolts my brain. I want stunning connections on a syntactical level that spin upwards to both semantic and pragmatic levels. I want language that exposes uncommon thoughts and feelings, as transmitted by the character(s). I want a dream-like associative word-bending that arises from deep in the author’s subconscious. Photograph by Stéphan VAlentine, įor me, a stream of consciousness book should involve a mirage of writing. ![]()
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