Michael
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Paul Tremblay:
Hi, Paul, and thank you for accepting my friend request. After reading Ghosts and Disappearance, I think that you're my new favorite writer. I love the fluidity and honesty of your storytelling – how you get us to believe wholly and unequivocally. Question: Both of the above-mentioned books have children at the crux of the stories. Were these conscious decisions or intuitive "paths" that felt true for you to follow?
Paul Tremblay
Thank you for the kind words, Michael. I appreciate it!
I think it's a little bit of both. So many of my works (novels and short stories) feature children dealing with their parents or parents dealing with their children. It's a relationship/dynamic that interests me, especially as a teacher as well. Certainly fertile ground for story as being a child/adolescent/teen is one of the few universal experiences we all have, and getting to look back at that confusing time as an adult is fascinating to me.
I think it's a little bit of both. So many of my works (novels and short stories) feature children dealing with their parents or parents dealing with their children. It's a relationship/dynamic that interests me, especially as a teacher as well. Certainly fertile ground for story as being a child/adolescent/teen is one of the few universal experiences we all have, and getting to look back at that confusing time as an adult is fascinating to me.
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Eliot Hay
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Paul Tremblay:
Mr. Tremblay, Was HFoG at all inspired by Eve's Bayou? A narrative from a preadolescent girl, the tincture of the supernatural, the (spoiler alert) unintentional role the girl plays in the demise of her problematic father, the ambiguity of the said supernatural? Perhaps merely coincidence, but just curious and would love to know. Eliot
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