Re: RARA-AVIS: Westlake on Noir and Hard-Boiled

From: Brian Thornton (bthorntonwriter@gmail.com)
Date: 06 Jan 2009

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    What is this "noir" of which you speak, O Sage?

    ;)

    Brian

    On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 3:43 PM, sonny <sforstater@yahoo.com> wrote:

    > we could always go at it one more time in honor of westlake;
    > or accept that noir doesn't exist anymore.
    >
    > --- On Tue, 1/6/09, BaxDeal@aol.com <BaxDeal%40aol.com> <BaxDeal@aol.com<BaxDeal%40aol.com>>
    > wrote:
    >
    > > From: BaxDeal@aol.com <BaxDeal%40aol.com> <BaxDeal@aol.com<BaxDeal%40aol.com>
    > >
    > > Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: Westlake on Noir and Hard-Boiled
    > > To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com <rara-avis-l%40yahoogroups.com>
    > > Date: Tuesday, January 6, 2009, 6:27 PM
    >
    > > In a message dated 1/6/09 12:24:05 PM, pachuco@telus.net<pachuco%40telus.net>
    > > writes:
    > >
    > >
    > > > *PK:* Your Parker novels were once called
    > > "hard-boiled", but are now
    > > > sometimes called "noir". Do these two terms mean
    > > the same, in your view?
    > > > Are they terms you'd use?
    > > >
    > > > *DW:* I think hard-boiled and noir are both a little
    > > past their sell-by
    > > > date, and both really refer to the post-war 40s.
    > > Hard-boiled is what the
    > > > vets brought back with them, and noir is the world
    > > they found when they
    > > > got home. I think hard-boiled is still possible, but
    > > noir today is
    > > > another word for artsy.
    > > >
    > >
    > > you new here?
    > >
    > > John Lau



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