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MacDonald has this one short, The Willow Pool, with about seven or eight 1st-person takes on the matter. Each one starts out with a confessional tone..."I am..." and their name. The last is one from the good doctor...and almost...though MacDonald did not do this I don't think...but when I got to the good doctor, I had a sense that the previous confessionals had been written for him...for the final say-so. He has a longer story, novel length, All These Condemned...same method, 1st-person multiple takes. I liked the narrative style, the story not as much as other stories. In that Miranda story...this main character believes something happened...but he is wrong on all counts. I liked the idea of a character...firm in belief...but wrong on so many counts and unaware of the mistake...goes on to make more mistakes....the reader aware of what's happening. But yeah...these stories with multiple-character pov-s with a twist...those are a blast. One thing...in the All These Condemned...it got to be a bit of a bore when reading about the same event...a word of caution there I guess. Everything in moderation. That story I mentioned in my first...The Silent Wife...has this back and forth, two characters, the wife and then the husband...somewhat the same thing happening there. Plus the present tense.
Heh heh, same ol Ooompa Looompa. Would it kill you to throw us a paragraph break every now and again? Heh heh, just sayin.
Chuck Palahnuik uses an interesting multiple 1st person narrative set up for his horror novel HAUNTED. Several different writers telling 'ghost' stories. Trouble is, every damn writer sounds like Chuck--same voice, same tone, same goofy Palahnuik style. Grows tiresome mighty quick, like most of Chuck's work. But I dig the IDEA of what he tried to do.
Walter is (was) Ooompa? 
I think I knew that... There have been others.... as well. Shapeshifter, I say.
I think I knew that... There have been others.... as well. Shapeshifter, I say.
Heh! Let me guess...all that close-in work with teef? Sorry...yeah, at times reading stuff on the screen is tiresome. One of the best stories I've read with a multiple-character p.o.v. is Faulkner's As I Lay Dying...written in six weeks when he was s'posed to be working in the post office. I want a job like that...full bennies today...local outfit closes the shutter for half the day, cut-backs. But it is probably the most accessible story Faulkner gave us. 3rd-person, same family, the Bundrens...all going about splayed-footed toward purpose...bury Ma. Has that great line: My mother is a fish...from the youngest. Sardines...my sister's nick...the Old Man was a hoot...at times. Plus it is told present tense. Should make a list.
Come on - admit it , we all had an alter ego on here at one time - right?
I am, always have been, always shall be, muskrat.
As for Faulkner, oh lord; writes his way all around a story without actually telling one. Heh heh, but a genius, nonetheless. Those Benji sections of Sound and Fury drove me bugdung.
As for Faulkner, oh lord; writes his way all around a story without actually telling one. Heh heh, but a genius, nonetheless. Those Benji sections of Sound and Fury drove me bugdung.
I'm a philistine--Faulkner does nothing for me but cause irritation (lol). Hemingway is the same. I've put my head down and bulled through their books because they're such a big part of accepted literary 'canon', but I didn't like or admire a single one of them. The short "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" was the closest either wrote to something I enjoyed reading.
Bah, Hemingway--a short writer of short sentences with a short temper and an even shorter...fuse. Far as I'm concerned the Lost Generation can get lost and stay lost. Buncha drunks whining about how rich they are.
Hey, ole Papa had it rough now...give the man his due...his Old Lady dressed him like a girl when he was coming off his feed...all that troubled-youth thingy. I think his problem was that he couldn't get away from writing about things that happened to him...thought he was washed up so he tries walking into the prop of a plane and when that didn't work...they caught him before he got there...he loaded a shotgun. But he has some great stories and some real stinkers. I like when the Spanish guy asks his main if he wants to shoot him...do you want me to shoot thee, Inglis? Quires...it is nothing. Allatime calling him Inglis though he was American. The old man and the boy...the old man teaching him all the swear words. The mud on the tires. Airy time I see mud on the truck tires I pause and reflect. Germans gassing em and there's the mud on the tires. Oh la.
okay folks, I think the ink is set on the order, and the saw mill is sending us all its saw dust- so we can print on paper next weeks edition.
Muskies procurement of The San Juan Star printing press seems to be up and running - and I reckon we have ironed out all the problems.
GRUB STREET PRESS | now only sixpence read at your leisure.
Muskies procurement of The San Juan Star printing press seems to be up and running - and I reckon we have ironed out all the problems.
GRUB STREET PRESS | now only sixpence read at your leisure.
It is with great sadness that i, Swarley Paxmore, have come to you bearing rather dreadful news. Due to the recent events on wall street i fear our investors have decided they can no longer bankroll this rather bold venture.i confess Lord Musketaches recent adventures in Movano left him sadly almost bankrupt, and indeed only the intervention of several parliament lords prevented a complete consolidation of Musketache manor.
Even after auctioning of most of the state of the art machinery we are unable to maintain publication of our fine illustrated penny weekly. I myself have sold almost all of my fine hunting trophies and currently seeking a home for a rather unique Tasmanian tiger skin adorned in a rather fine ruffles. Anyone wishing to enquire about the smoking room piece should make enquiries thusly.
At this moment i implore our readers to wrap away any publication, for future generations to enjoy and savour in the adventures of a truly unique gent.
readers ladies and gentlefolks , i bid you all adieu.
Even after auctioning of most of the state of the art machinery we are unable to maintain publication of our fine illustrated penny weekly. I myself have sold almost all of my fine hunting trophies and currently seeking a home for a rather unique Tasmanian tiger skin adorned in a rather fine ruffles. Anyone wishing to enquire about the smoking room piece should make enquiries thusly.
At this moment i implore our readers to wrap away any publication, for future generations to enjoy and savour in the adventures of a truly unique gent.
readers ladies and gentlefolks , i bid you all adieu.
I remember Garriga writing a 1st person POV about getting down and dirty, only she tried it from the guys point of view. Great piece, but i laughed at the inaccuracy of how i would perceive the scene from the guy. So she said i should try it from the woman's POV . No worries i thought - ha ! Man it was the weirdest thing I've tried
...and completely unfeminine! Lady bits pffft!
Score for Garriga
I won't identify the author, but I recently read a scene where she confused a hernia exam with a prostrate exam.
Not the same thing at all, girls.
hey muskiedooodle dog- whaddafudge?
christoff up and left, barseats empty- all folks do is sit and spittin chewing 'baccie into my pint glasses complaining on how short the dark tower movie is gonna be, and how them other folks is taking over the movies. i for one am counting the days now ready to be the first to say i goddam told you not to worry - there be water if Ka wants.
i need some spurs in my life, so beggars can't be choosers huh!
so anyhoo, gotta say i'm lovin Harvey Spectre swagger through the corridors of Law, boys a legend, gonna save me up some brass and buy me a shiny new suit and a jar of brylcream
later pimperdudes.
christoff up and left, barseats empty- all folks do is sit and spittin chewing 'baccie into my pint glasses complaining on how short the dark tower movie is gonna be, and how them other folks is taking over the movies. i for one am counting the days now ready to be the first to say i goddam told you not to worry - there be water if Ka wants.
i need some spurs in my life, so beggars can't be choosers huh!
so anyhoo, gotta say i'm lovin Harvey Spectre swagger through the corridors of Law, boys a legend, gonna save me up some brass and buy me a shiny new suit and a jar of brylcream
later pimperdudes.