tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-934096967055481899.post696962143280681197..comments2024-03-04T11:22:53.502-05:00Comments on Fifty Books Project 2023: How Fiction Works by James WoodFifty Books Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08640286429668778869noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-934096967055481899.post-78847223562651693082010-07-26T16:02:35.081-04:002010-07-26T16:02:35.081-04:00He definitely did reduce what Joyce calls, “true s...He definitely did reduce what Joyce calls, “true scholastic stink” to bearable levels. Snobby as he may have seemed at times, he made me take a deeper look, at words themselves, at characters, at the art of the effective metaphor. Some of my favorite parts of the book were when he described the how’s and why’s of New York garbage men calling maggots, “disco rice,” Marilynne Robison's grave, a “weedy little mortality patch,” and Katherine Manfield’s “grandmother saying her prayers like someone rummaging through tissue paper.”<br /><br />Good stuff.Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05434184208280400768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-934096967055481899.post-34986074497892707412010-07-25T23:04:45.372-04:002010-07-25T23:04:45.372-04:00PS check your titlePS check your titleChristopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12500451355263180972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-934096967055481899.post-32624393143525814702010-07-25T23:04:23.832-04:002010-07-25T23:04:23.832-04:00I love this book and am looking forward to having ...I love this book and am looking forward to having some very long conversations with you about the material within. If you like, we can start with his section about DFW.<br /><br />Honestly, this book increased my understanding and enjoyment of reading fiction more than anything I've ever read.Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12500451355263180972noreply@blogger.com