tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31257856.post7748988003377789966..comments2024-02-29T09:31:25.294-05:00Comments on camera-obscura: the work aheadbilliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18187141867284800597noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31257856.post-23588685686032798832007-05-04T07:47:00.000-05:002007-05-04T07:47:00.000-05:00It's just different ways of looking at it, Jason.I...It's just different ways of looking at it, Jason.<BR/><BR/>I think of the container, or vessel, as being almost like an offering the author is giving to the writer - having gathered up that other world made it available for the reader to experience.<BR/><BR/>The word "containment" is a positive thing to me - probably b/c I come at it from the POV of being a therapist, where being the "container" for someone's experience and story is what helps them heal.billiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18187141867284800597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31257856.post-41251364079094580112007-05-03T19:52:00.000-05:002007-05-03T19:52:00.000-05:00I suppose I was thinking more of the experience. ...I suppose I was thinking more of the experience. My favorite books are the ones where I feel like I lived another life for a while. The created world completely supplants the real one. It's hard for me to think of such a book in terms of containment.<BR/><BR/>I understand where you're coming from, however.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31257856.post-83564856739124930242007-05-03T15:26:00.000-05:002007-05-03T15:26:00.000-05:00I think of it more like the best novels *have* con...I think of it more like the best novels *have* containers, while the lesser ones spill out all over the place. <BR/><BR/>Matthew, your comment went the way of the twilight zone - I approved it but it seems to have disappeared. In response, I haven't read Helen Dunmore's books, but she's been on the perimeter of my radar for awhile now b/c of the awards her novels have won.billiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18187141867284800597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31257856.post-6982506049226493382007-05-03T12:26:00.000-05:002007-05-03T12:26:00.000-05:00And the best novels probably break their container...And the best novels probably break their containers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com