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Here are three ways a novel can be good: It can appeal to the ear, with fluency of prose and well-chosen words; it can appeal to the mind, with elegant structure and finely crafted plot; and it can appeal to the heart, pulling the reader away from himself and into the personalities of its characters. The first part of In Hovering Flight was appealing mostly to my ear and my mind; but with the return to the present moment in part II and the focus on Scarlet's thoughts, it is starting to get to my heart as well.

posted evening of Tuesday, October 14th, 2008
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I agree with your three way description. Philip Roth's The Counterlife only appealed to my mind, and it wasn't enough so I quit. Feeling guilty about it, by the way.

PD: your RSS feed doesn't seem to be working with bloglines.

posted evening of October 15th, 2008 by Jorge López

Yep I saw your post today about The Counterlife -- I like some Roth books a lot and others not at all -- I'm not going to make a big priority of this one.

Thanks for the note about bloglines, I'll try and see what's wrong with that.

posted evening of October 15th, 2008 by Jeremy

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