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The ideal, it seems to me, is to show things happening and allow the reader to decide what they mean.

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The language fictional characters use is chosen for effect, at least if the author is concentrating.

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The people who don't like it tend to dislike it intensely. That's unfortunate, but not surprising when one deliberately goes against audience expectations.

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There are people who believe in an absolutely transparent prose; with every respect for clarity of expression, I don't.

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There are readers who want every point to be clearly and unambiguously set forth, and there are those who want to pry ideas and meanings out for themselves.

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Well, it's an adventure story, and a Bildungsroman, of course, but there was also the intention to describe a culture that had been seen in rather narrow terms.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: April 10th, 1957

Died: September 25th, 2006

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