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Originally Posted by demonrail666
His writing really is something else. Some lines are laugh out loud good. I wouldn't say he's gossipy though, not like say Dorothy Parker or Oscar Wilde, more that the people he writes about tend to be. I'm just psyched that I've finally discovered him and now can't wait to read more. A great way to start a new year.
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i meant gossipy neighbor in the sense that james is concerned with the nuances of social relations rather than "big ideas," which seems to be what rob likes.
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Originally Posted by evollove
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The depth of psychological investigation, the focused POV (sometimes coming very close to stream-of-consciousness), the intense interest in manipulating language to get it to do new things.
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i was taking a brief peek at "the ambassadors" on the gutemberg project website and i can see what you say-- reads kinda like virginia woolf-- but his earlier stuff is pretty straightforward XIX century prose. interesting evolution.
you fuckers (all of you) are getting me back to want to read again, for which i'm very grateful.