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Gary Inbinder:
What kind of "inspiration" (if any) do you find in reading a contemporary book such as Murdering Homer?
Gary Inbinder
Hi H,
I'm afraid I don't read much contemporary fiction. I do get inspired from my own experience and observations of contemporary life, but I often relate that personal perspective to a rich abundance of world literature from the past. Interestingly, one of the few contemporary novels I've read recently and reviewed on GR, is Michael Wiley's "Black Hammock", which, like Eugene O'Neill's "Mourning Becomes Electra" is a re-telling of the Greek tragedy, although Wiley re-imagined the ancient story in the form of a modern Southern Gothic crime novel.
I'm afraid I don't read much contemporary fiction. I do get inspired from my own experience and observations of contemporary life, but I often relate that personal perspective to a rich abundance of world literature from the past. Interestingly, one of the few contemporary novels I've read recently and reviewed on GR, is Michael Wiley's "Black Hammock", which, like Eugene O'Neill's "Mourning Becomes Electra" is a re-telling of the Greek tragedy, although Wiley re-imagined the ancient story in the form of a modern Southern Gothic crime novel.
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Just came across a wonderful paragraph on p. 103 of "Devil," Gary. It elevates the whole novel beyond the mystery/procedural genre. This is Marcia speaking: "Lately, I've been thinking a lot about my life and career. At some point I made a crucial decision. Putting up all my talent and skill as collateral, I borrowed beauty from nature and invested her precious treasure in my art....(ran out of space)?
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