"You can only achieve an exemplary kind of novelty if it is not,
primarily, what you are trying to achieve. As an end in itself,
stylistic innovation is merely a way of showing off, a useless if mildly
entertaining trapeze act; only when harnessed to the author’s fervent
truth-telling does it become significant."
Wendy Lesser, in an excerpt from her book Why I Read: The Serious Pleasure Of Books.
(Thanks to Adam for the link.)
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
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