Hi Steve, Not read his latest yet, but very much liked Life of Pi ... the stretching of credulity of reality with fiction is pretty central to that I recall. Coincidentally, Yann Martell is on BBC R4 Start The Week (just posted the Matthew Crawford link) next Monday, discussing his latest.
Regards Ian On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 12:49 PM, Steven Peterson <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > Just finished Beatrice and Virgil by Yann Martel, the latest from the > author of Life of Pi--one of my all-time favorites: > > "Fiction and nonfiction are not so easily divided. Fiction may not be > real, but it’s true; it goes beyond the garland of facts to get to > emotional and psychological truths. As for nonfiction, for history, it > may be real, but its truth is slippery, hard to access, with no fixed > meaning bolted to it. If history doesn’t become story, it dies to > everyone except the historian. Art is the suitcase of history, > carrying the essentials. Art is the life buoy of history. Art is seed, > art is memory, art is vaccine." > > “In addition to the knowledge of history...we need the understanding > of art. Stories identify, unify, give meaning to. Just as music is > noise that makes sense, a painting is colour that makes sense, so a > story is life that makes sense." > > Have you read this? I'm not sure what to say about that last bit right > now other than that it grabbed me. I'd be interested in hearing your > thougts while I wait for the dust to settle. > > Best, > Steve > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
