Once again, this is timely. Thank you George. I am reading 'Horse' by Geraldine Brooks. I am about one quarter way into the novel and so far there are four very different voices and two time periods. Flicking through, I see more voices coming. I am amazed had how sthe author brings each character and their time alive. Some have intersect…
Once again, this is timely. Thank you George. I am reading 'Horse' by Geraldine Brooks. I am about one quarter way into the novel and so far there are four very different voices and two time periods. Flicking through, I see more voices coming. I am amazed had how sthe author brings each character and their time alive. Some have intersected and some are yet to. I have been wondering how she chooses what to reveal at what time, the pace, the specific details in each characters' time, place and back story. Gradually my experience of each is adding up to themes that stretch across time and some persistent rough patches we still experience today. Also interesting, the impact of characters' conscious or not so conscious use of conversation and sensitivity or insensitivity to each other as a source of connection or disconnection that escalates and drives the story foward. Out of all her research she must have made many choices about what to include and when, and what to cut. I have not written anything novel length but am considering a persistent idea of an historical novel and ways to approach it.
Thank you so much Helen and will put Horse onto my list! What got me hooked on multiple POVs was Cloud Atals. But of course many books and TVs/movies before that. Also more recently All the Light We Cannot See. Something about the structure, like the Flower Duet!
Once again, this is timely. Thank you George. I am reading 'Horse' by Geraldine Brooks. I am about one quarter way into the novel and so far there are four very different voices and two time periods. Flicking through, I see more voices coming. I am amazed had how sthe author brings each character and their time alive. Some have intersected and some are yet to. I have been wondering how she chooses what to reveal at what time, the pace, the specific details in each characters' time, place and back story. Gradually my experience of each is adding up to themes that stretch across time and some persistent rough patches we still experience today. Also interesting, the impact of characters' conscious or not so conscious use of conversation and sensitivity or insensitivity to each other as a source of connection or disconnection that escalates and drives the story foward. Out of all her research she must have made many choices about what to include and when, and what to cut. I have not written anything novel length but am considering a persistent idea of an historical novel and ways to approach it.
Thank you so much Helen and will put Horse onto my list! What got me hooked on multiple POVs was Cloud Atals. But of course many books and TVs/movies before that. Also more recently All the Light We Cannot See. Something about the structure, like the Flower Duet!