Roth or Updike? I'd say Roth for narrative urgency, Updike for sensuous sentences. You gulp down a Roth novel, linger over Updike's words.
-
-
@HeerJeet I'm a "sentence guy" but can't an emphasis on comeliness come at the expense of the work? http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2012/02/24/cohen-on-style/ … h/t@dg_myers -
@matthunte@dg_myers Too complicated to tweet but for me fiction is incarnated in language & so lives or dies at the word & sentence level - Show replies
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.