Comments on: The Sea -John Banville http://www.avriljoy.com/?p=906 Writing Junkie Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:35:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: avril http://www.avriljoy.com/?p=906&cpage=1#comment-240 avril Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:45:40 +0000 http://www.avriljoy.com/?p=906#comment-240 Dear Kathleen and Wendy - I agree the plot comes together at the end! And there is room for every kind of varaition in literature -- that's what makes it so rich and exciting A x Dear Kathleen and Wendy – I agree the plot comes together at the end! And there is room for every kind of varaition in literature — that’s what makes it so rich and exciting

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]]> By: Kathleen http://www.avriljoy.com/?p=906&cpage=1#comment-239 Kathleen Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:04:49 +0000 http://www.avriljoy.com/?p=906#comment-239 This is one of my favourite books - but like you, I read it for the prose not the plot. It is utterly beautiful and the plot comes together at the end. KJX This is one of my favourite books – but like you, I read it for the prose not the plot. It is utterly beautiful and the plot comes together at the end.
KJX

]]> By: Wendy R http://www.avriljoy.com/?p=906&cpage=1#comment-238 Wendy R Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:58:14 +0000 http://www.avriljoy.com/?p=906#comment-238 What a lovely post. There is no doubt we can learn so much from reading great writers and poets. John Banfield offers us both aspects, The language you quote is beautiful. And I like the way you hint at the need for balance between such charging literary creativity and the way a narrative works. But there is room for every kind of variation in literature and we can learn so many different things from so many writers, And then write as ourselves. Looking forward to the Master Class. wx What a lovely post. There is no doubt we can learn so much from reading great writers and poets. John Banfield offers us both aspects, The language you quote is beautiful. And I like the way you hint at the need for balance between such charging literary creativity and the way a narrative works. But there is room for every kind of variation in literature and we can learn so many different things from so many writers, And then write as ourselves.

Looking forward to the Master Class.
wx

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