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November 7, 2007
An observation of late, based
largely on introspection, I
confess...
QUIXAND
It's often the case that
stories that work, and work ANNA_KARENINA
really well, are extremely
simple stories. I'm not just talking "boy
meets girl/boy loses
The sophistication that's girl/ boy gets girl" --
often supposed to be a I'm talking "boy meets
necessity for great work girl", *period*.
would seem to be optional,
just one way of going, not
the only way of going.
That's a bit of a
reluctant admission
for me: I often use
"deep & complex" as Part of the puzzle--
a synonym for "good". and it may only be a puzzle
in my own psychology -- is
that my tastes in art and
music run far more highbrow
(or at least much further
(And it occurs to me that from the mainstream) than my
this is what Goldman's tastes in fiction.
"The Princess Bride" is
about... though framing But then, maybe that's
it as a celebration of an exaggeration:
children's literature may
obscure the point.) Punk rock (70s edition)
Gothic music (80s & 90s
versions)
Comic books, including
the superhero variety.
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