From: "Carrie Pruett" <pruettc@hotmail.c>
"And there are authors whose sentences I stop and reread
because they get something so right or state it so
eloquently. However, is this necessarily a good thing? Isn't
there something to be said for transparent prose, writing
that calls no attention to itself, so it never gets between
you and the story? "
Oh Carrie, I think it is a very good thing. The very HB
author James Crumley writes so beautifully that often I just
put the book down and revel in his use of the language. And I
do not find that this gets between me and the 'story'. My
taste in fiction is driven by language and character
development above plot.
I just finished Crumley's 'One To Count Cadence'. I believe
this was his first novel, before he became known as a 'crime
writer'. Damn, anyway you go about it, it's Literature!
Cheers,
PatZ
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