2.25.2009

Great little piece by Maud Newton

in Granta online about her father. It's extremely short, but a tour de force. Look how much story and reflection she crams into that small space.

2 comments:

TJ said...

Years of blogging pay off. I'm not being glib, there's something to be said for writing short-form day after day.

Grendel said...

That's a great point. Things must fly in and out for her so quickly that she's developed a superkeen sense of what's relevant. I mean, that's a big story she addressed there -- and deftly drew the essence of it in five not-even-long paragraphs. What to leave out matters a lot.