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gribble 's review for:
The Stone Diaries
by Carol Shields
1995 Pulitzer prize - fiction, so of course it was crafted beautifully. And I really did get the idea that this woman's life was a series of separate sections - just like mine, looking back. It kept me turning pages, yes.
But... but. I never got the sense of what was epic about this person's life - and I should have. I don't mean that it's not OK to write about ordinary people, because I am all about stories about ordinary people. But even the most ordinary person feels that there is some epic, essential thread about their own existence. I didn't get the feeling of this character's, and I wanted it. It was as if the character had sublimated herself to the writing.
I know that does not make any sense.
But... but. I never got the sense of what was epic about this person's life - and I should have. I don't mean that it's not OK to write about ordinary people, because I am all about stories about ordinary people. But even the most ordinary person feels that there is some epic, essential thread about their own existence. I didn't get the feeling of this character's, and I wanted it. It was as if the character had sublimated herself to the writing.
I know that does not make any sense.