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From: John Peters <cf071>
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 17:08:33 -0500 (EST)
Friends: Haven't read RED SHIFT yet (will, I promise), but Linnea's description made me think of what may be a similar confluence of narrative strands in Jennifer Armstrong's DREAMS OF MAIRHE MEHAN (think I have that right)--in one scene the pov switches between Mairhe, in a Civil War Washington bar, and her brother, who is becoming part of a developing battle. The language and dialogue run parallel in eerie ways; it's a haunting moment, in a haunting book whose audience I still can't pin down (but so what--I'm still happy that it was written and published).
John Peters New York Public Library cf071 at freenet.buffalo.edu
*My esteemed institution asserts its right to differ*
Received on Sat 31 Oct 1998 04:08:33 PM CST
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 17:08:33 -0500 (EST)
Friends: Haven't read RED SHIFT yet (will, I promise), but Linnea's description made me think of what may be a similar confluence of narrative strands in Jennifer Armstrong's DREAMS OF MAIRHE MEHAN (think I have that right)--in one scene the pov switches between Mairhe, in a Civil War Washington bar, and her brother, who is becoming part of a developing battle. The language and dialogue run parallel in eerie ways; it's a haunting moment, in a haunting book whose audience I still can't pin down (but so what--I'm still happy that it was written and published).
John Peters New York Public Library cf071 at freenet.buffalo.edu
*My esteemed institution asserts its right to differ*
Received on Sat 31 Oct 1998 04:08:33 PM CST
