A review by suncoyote
Fine Just the Way it Is by Annie Proulx
3.0
Following on my short story kick, I read Alice Munro then Annie Proulx. At the end of that journey I'd like say that I think I'd prefer if these two authors were actually one author. Munro has a tendency to describe the most minute variegates of emotion in a single social interaction. The way someone turns their head creates rippled of emotions. On the other side of that, Annie P will tell the story of a girl ignored and abused by her grandparents, yet just allude to the emotional interior of her character.
I think I'd like more of a balance from both authors, hence the Frankenstein blend I'm proposing. I found Proulx's plots better, but I preferred some of the emotional depth Munro gives her characters. I genuinely love Proulx's novels, and I think in a larger narrative she allows more space for that internal exploration. Is anybody reading something that feels like good blend of these two? I'm still on a short story quest ... I'm going to have to just keep reading.
Furthermore, what was with two Devil stories? They didn't really fit the theme of Wyoming Stories. Cue the Sesame Street song, "Which one of these is not like the others?"
I think I'd like more of a balance from both authors, hence the Frankenstein blend I'm proposing. I found Proulx's plots better, but I preferred some of the emotional depth Munro gives her characters. I genuinely love Proulx's novels, and I think in a larger narrative she allows more space for that internal exploration. Is anybody reading something that feels like good blend of these two? I'm still on a short story quest ... I'm going to have to just keep reading.
Furthermore, what was with two Devil stories? They didn't really fit the theme of Wyoming Stories. Cue the Sesame Street song, "Which one of these is not like the others?"