Re[4]: [at-l] RE: Bryson's Book

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In a message dated 9/17/2002 5:15:03 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
jbryankramer@msn.com writes:


> Well not to state the obvious, but the folks you know and your local
> bookstores might have a bit of regional interest about Walden. Just like
> the
> Yearling is popular here. And there are lots of books bought and never
> read.
> I read lots of books from the same time period and I find most of them are
> much better written than Walden. Indeed there is something called Literary
> Writing (always with the Caps) that is supposed to be so much better than
> plain everyday best seller type writing. According to the critics that is,
> Literary Writing produces books that one can carry around and be seen with
> as opposed to a book that you actually enjoy reading. The Atlantic had some
> articles about this style of writing and I thought that they hit the nail
> on
> the head.
>
> Bryan

Hmmm, kind of like how To Kill a Mockingbird is semi-required reading
for The South. Harper Lee said an interesting thing about that book, she
never wrote another novel, she said that she said everything she had to
say in the one that she did write.

Dawg