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I find the use of long dashes instead of quotation marks very distracting. It takes me out of the story. Does anyone know why this punctuation choice was made?
Miriam Kahn Towles adopts the contemporary European style of denoting dialogue by using hyphens instead of quotation marks. Most jarring and annoying for American…moreTowles adopts the contemporary European style of denoting dialogue by using hyphens instead of quotation marks. Most jarring and annoying for American readers. Towles did NOT invent this style of denoting dialogue.(less)
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The Lincoln Highway
by Amor Towles (Goodreads Author)
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