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.'
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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.
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