Geoff Ryman did a similar thing in 253, where he devotes two pages to each of the 253 passengers in a subway train, I guess that should be the tube, as it's set in London's Underground, that is about to crash.
Mark
> To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
> From: craigsbookclub@yahoo.com
> Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 07:32:59 -0700
> Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: JDM's "All These Condemned" and literary devices
>
> MacDonald's Cry Hard, Cry Fast tells the stories of all the participants in a
> multi-car crash. Each early chapter introduces us to the passengers of a single
> car and ends with their entry into the pileup, whereupon the next chapter starts
> over with another car. The accident is their connecting point. The later
> chapters then continue to tell the aftermath, but with more interweaving of
> characters.
>
> The early chapters are like little self-contained short stories, and they really
> showcase MacDonald's skill at creating believable individuals.
>
> Craig Clarke
> http://somebodydies.blogspot.com
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> >
> >From: Harry Joseph Lerner <harry.joseph.lerner@mail.mcgill.ca>
> >To: "rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com" <rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com>
> >Sent: Thu, August 19, 2010 9:52:19 AM
> >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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