RE: RARA-AVIS: JDM's "All These Condemned" and literary devices

From: Ron Clinton (clinton65@comcast.net)
Date: 19 Aug 2010

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    Sorry, I didn't catch your "use of multiple narrators to convey the same series of events from multiple perspectives" notation. Pronzini's book has multiple narrators, but they're used primarily to advance the plot/events, not relate the same events.

    Ron C.

    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com [mailto:rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com] On
    > Behalf Of Ron Clinton
    > Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 8:10 AM
    > To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
    > Subject: RE: RARA-AVIS: JDM's "All These Condemned" and literary devices
    >
    > WASTELAND OF STRANGERS by Bill Pronzini.
    >
    > Ron C.
    >
    >
    > > -----Original Message-----
    > > From: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com [mailto:rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com]
    On
    > > Behalf Of Harry Joseph Lerner
    > > Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 6:52 AM
    > > To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
    > > Subject: RARA-AVIS: JDM's "All These Condemned" and literary devices
    > >
    > > Hello All,
    > >
    > > The other day it occurred to me that it might be interesting to write an
    > article about
    > > JDM's use of multiple narrators to convey the same series of events from
    > multiple
    > > perspectives in "All These Condemned" in terms of its effectiveness as a
    > literary
    > > device. Is it indeed effective or simply confusing? Actually, this is
    > something that
    > > has been simmering at the back of my mind for a while, but I recently
    > picked up a
    > > copy of JDM's "The Beach Girls", which, unlike most of his books, has a
    > table of
    > > contents with all but the last three chapters labelled with the names of
    > characters. I
    > > haven't read this book yet, but my first impression (and I could be way
    > off here) is
    > > that it may make for an interesting comparison with "All These
    Condemned."
    > >
    > > What I would like to ask of all of you is for any recommendations of
    other
    > examples
    > > of multiple narrators/perspectives a la "All These Condemned", that
    would
    > be useful
    > > reading for my proposed article.
    > >
    > > Thanks in advance!
    > >
    > > Best,
    > > Harry
    > >
    > >
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