if you haven't read "postman" please don't read any
further.
don't want to screw up the ending for ya ;)
> Brian Long wrote:
> >
> >To switch topics again, I was looking at the
Black Lizard copy of _The
> >Postman Always Rings Twice_ and on the back it
said that "[_Postman_] was
> >acknowledged by Albert Camus as the model for
_The Stranger_." I hadn't
> >heard this before and was curious just where he
said this.
> >
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> >
> >
> Etienne Borgers wrote:
>
> CAMUS 'THE STRANGER'
> I personally cannot understand why "The Postman..."
by Cain should be the
> model for Camus' novel!
> If you remember, The Stranger is about gratuitous
(purposeless) act - a
> murder here- and I do not see any parallel with Cain
for writing,
> intentions or plot.
> On the contrary it is a recognized fact that some
techniques of writing and
> ambiance was taken from the masterpiece by Horace Mc
Coy: "They Shoot
> Horses, don't They?"- the set-up for the trial of the
central male
> character (very effective piece of writing and style)
that was really taken
> by Camus for his own "The Stranger", is a clear
example.
>
i would say that the "postman" and "stranger" are closer than
"stranger" and
"horses". "horses" and "stranger" do involve a trial setting,
but the story
(main narrative sequence) in "horses" takes place during the
trial sentencing
and "stranger" ends with waiting the main character already
in jail getting
ready to walk out and be executed, which is the same case
with the postman.
the drifter in "postman" writes his narrative down while
waiting to be executed,
which parallels the "stranger". even the 'hope' of the
narrators at the end of
"postman" and "stranger" are bleak, one to just be with his
love, either in
heaven
or hell, and the other wanting a large crowd with hate in
their eyes.
"horses" seems to take place in the narrator's
head, where the reader is privy to his thoughts in about 10
seconds of real
time we get the whole story through flashbacks. as for
stylistic concerns
i think "stranger" has more short coarse sentence structure
than "horses" and
the writing is closed to "postman". as far as ambiance, both
stories, "horses
and "postman" are undeniablely fatalistic. i find it hard to
draw a line in that
respect.
in another sortof realted arena, has anyone on the list read
either John
Banville's "The Book of Evidence" or Patrick McCabe's "The
Butcher Boy"?
i'm slowly piecing together a paper and just looking for
opinions and people
to bounce ideas with.
ciao,
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if you haven't read "postman" please don't read any
further.
don't want to screw up the ending for ya ;)
Brian Long wrote:
>
>To switch topics again, I was looking at the Black Lizard copy of _The
>Postman Always Rings Twice_ and on the back it said that "[_Postman_] was
>acknowledged by Albert Camus as the model for _The Stranger_." I hadn't
>heard this before and was curious just where he said this.
>
SNIPPED
>
>
i would say that the "postman" and "stranger" are closer than "stranger" andEtienne Borgers wrote:
CAMUS 'THE STRANGER'
I personally cannot understand why "The Postman..." by Cain should be the
model for Camus' novel!
If you remember, The Stranger is about gratuitous (purposeless) act - a
murder here- and I do not see any parallel with Cain for writing,
intentions or plot.
On the contrary it is a recognized fact that some techniques of writing and
ambiance was taken from the masterpiece by Horace Mc Coy: "They Shoot
Horses, don't They?"- the set-up for the trial of the central male
character (very effective piece of writing and style) that was really taken
by Camus for his own "The Stranger", is a clear example.
in another sortof realted arena, has anyone on the list read
either John
Banville's "The Book of Evidence" or Patrick McCabe's "The
Butcher Boy"?
i'm slowly piecing together a paper and just looking for
opinions and people
to bounce ideas with.
ciao,
ziggy nix