WASTELAND OF STRANGERS by Bill Pronzini.
Ron C.
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> From: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com [mailto:rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf Of Harry Joseph Lerner
> Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 6:52 AM
> To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RARA-AVIS: JDM's "All These Condemned" and literary devices
>
> Hello All,
>
> The other day it occurred to me that it might be interesting to write an
article about
> JDM's use of multiple narrators to convey the same series of events from
multiple
> perspectives in "All These Condemned" in terms of its effectiveness as a
literary
> device. Is it indeed effective or simply confusing? Actually, this is
something that
> has been simmering at the back of my mind for a while, but I recently
picked up a
> copy of JDM's "The Beach Girls", which, unlike most of his books, has a
table of
> contents with all but the last three chapters labelled with the names of
characters. I
> haven't read this book yet, but my first impression (and I could be way
off here) is
> that it may make for an interesting comparison with "All These Condemned."
>
> What I would like to ask of all of you is for any recommendations of other
examples
> of multiple narrators/perspectives a la "All These Condemned", that would
be useful
> reading for my proposed article.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Best,
> Harry
>
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