On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 08:07:38 +0100 Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but > when there is nothing left to take away." > -Antoine de Saint-Exupery
there is a beautiful essay comparing the novel and the short story i read recently: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/books/review/Millhauser-t.html <quote> The ponderous mass of the novel strikes it as the laughable image of weakness. The short story apologizes for nothing. It exults in its shortness. It wants to be shorter still. It wants to be a single word. If it could find that word, if it could utter that syllable, the entire universe would blaze up out of it with a roar. That is the outrageous ambition of the short story, that is its deepest faith, that is the greatness of its smallness. </quote> :-) regards, subash -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
