James's review
At Swim-Two-Birds (John F. Byrne Irish Literature Series)
by Flann O'Brien
James's review
At Swim-Two-Birds (John F. Byrne Irish Literature Series) by Flann O'Brien
James's review
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this is from my blog, it starts out with me mentioning a ron silliman book but quickly dives into At Swim, Two Birds
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Amidst The Age of Huts compleat-ing itself, Silliman posits this sentiment:
"What happened to fiction was a shift in public sensibility. The general reader no longer is apt to identify with a character in a story, but with its author. Thus the true narrative element is the development of the form."
This is something particularly interesting (worst word of 2007) in say a work like Flan O’Brien’s infamous At Swim, Two Birds. Therein the reader is given a character who himself is a student & writer. This immediately leaves a quick and simple bread trail between the actions of author and character...which becomes equal parts chaotic and clear.
The student writes a story about a writer. The writer in writing falls in love with one of his charachters and summons her to "real-life". Since the work of the novel’s character co...more
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Amidst The Age of Huts compleat-ing itself, Silliman posits this sentiment:
"What happened to fiction was a shift in public sensibility. The general reader no longer is apt to identify with a character in a story, but with its author. Thus the true narrative element is the development of the form."
This is something particularly interesting (worst word of 2007) in say a work like Flan O’Brien’s infamous At Swim, Two Birds. Therein the reader is given a character who himself is a student & writer. This immediately leaves a quick and simple bread trail between the actions of author and character...which becomes equal parts chaotic and clear.
The student writes a story about a writer. The writer in writing falls in love with one of his charachters and summons her to "real-life". Since the work of the novel’s character co...more
