Totally agree with the irritation over story within a story device. I even drop a book that includes too many correspondences! The play within a play only works for Shakespeare!!
Paley was of a place, of a time. Living in Greenwich Village then, I often felt that I was in her arms as she looked all around us, encapsulating every moment, every action, of those who walked the streets.
Well put. I usually hate the story within a story technique. They are the types I call 'yarns ', someone pulling out a pipe in front of a roaring fire and launching into a tale. That's when I run...
Totally agree with the irritation over story within a story device. I even drop a book that includes too many correspondences! The play within a play only works for Shakespeare!!
agree! i kinda love interpolated correspondence and stuff, but it's dangerous, can easily become skim-material
It's the urgency of Paley that ropes me in
that's an excellent word for it
Paley was of a place, of a time. Living in Greenwich Village then, I often felt that I was in her arms as she looked all around us, encapsulating every moment, every action, of those who walked the streets.
Well put. I usually hate the story within a story technique. They are the types I call 'yarns ', someone pulling out a pipe in front of a roaring fire and launching into a tale. That's when I run...
Excellent analysis, fascinating!