It would make an interesting writing exercise/challenge to put together a modern story with a similar moral vibe to see how (if) it could be done without hitting us over the head with its intentions.
It would make an interesting writing exercise/challenge to put together a modern story with a similar moral vibe to see how (if) it could be done without hitting us over the head with its intentions.
Very much so, Sara. Denis Johnson's 'Jesus' Son' achieves this kind of effect, I think, in a way I've described elsewhere in the thread.
It would also be pretty funny, I think, to take e.g. a DeLillo story and introduce it with 'The following story is just amazing' and then end it with your WOW I'M CHANGED. :-)
It would make an interesting writing exercise/challenge to put together a modern story with a similar moral vibe to see how (if) it could be done without hitting us over the head with its intentions.
Very much so, Sara. Denis Johnson's 'Jesus' Son' achieves this kind of effect, I think, in a way I've described elsewhere in the thread.
It would also be pretty funny, I think, to take e.g. a DeLillo story and introduce it with 'The following story is just amazing' and then end it with your WOW I'M CHANGED. :-)