Is there any such thing? Let's investigate—for good or ill. A blog about fiction and literature, philosophy and theology, politics and law, science and culture, the environment and economics, and ethics and language, and any thing else that strikes our fancy. (Apologies to Bertrand Russell)
19 February 2008
De gustibus non est disputandum
James Wood ends the third chapter of How Fiction Works with this observation: "Flaubertian realism, like most fiction, is both lifelike and artificial. It is lifelike because detail really does hit us, especially in big cities, in a tattoo of randomness. And we do exist in different time-signatures. ...The artifice lies in the selection of detail."
You've gotta' love that 'tattoo of randomness.'
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
1 comment:
Gorgeous.... I love my hair than most people do but if for any reason I ever become bald a tattoo that brilliant makes it all worth while.
Post a Comment