Mavis Gallant’s “The Hunter’s Waking Thoughts”

2019-12-10T16:00:23-05:00

At first glance, I think that Digby, from the previous story “A Question of Disposal”, is a world apart from Colin Graves in this story. Consider how Digby’s mother, Mrs. Glover, imagines him, carrying on after her death. She isn’t particularly complimentary: “He would continue driving about in hairy

Mavis Gallant’s “The Hunter’s Waking Thoughts”2019-12-10T16:00:23-05:00

Moving from The Handmaid’s Tale to The Testaments #MARM

2019-11-20T12:43:07-05:00

There are three things that I noticed in this rereading of The Handmaid’s Tale. The use of time in the narrative. The importance of what is not said. The matter of world-building and perspective. In all three, readers are wholly engaged. Engaged in the use of time, in the

Moving from The Handmaid’s Tale to The Testaments #MARM2019-11-20T12:43:07-05:00

Shadow Giller: Steven Price’s Lampedusa (2019)

2021-01-19T12:46:48-05:00

There is a line in Steven Price’s 2016 novel, By Gaslight, which seems to suit his new novel generally: “Everything is about the dead.” And another which seems even more appropriate: “The truth that is found in a story is a different kind of truth, but it is not

Shadow Giller: Steven Price’s Lampedusa (2019)2021-01-19T12:46:48-05:00

Mavis Gallant’s “In Italy”

2019-11-01T15:16:13-04:00

He’s middle-aged and the father of a grown woman the same age: no wonder Stella thought Henry was a catch, a great romance. Really? A catch? Did Stella really think so? And, even if she did, at one time, once she met his daughter, Peggy, in person, did Stella

Mavis Gallant’s “In Italy”2019-11-01T15:16:13-04:00
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