“What a long way it is from one life to another: yet why write if not for that distance; if things can be let go, every before replaced by an after.” IfsWayWritingLongLetting GoDistanceReplacedLong Way Book:Dear Friend, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life Source: Dear Friend, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life
“Almost all of the stories in The Matchmaker, the Apprentice, and the Football Fan are told in the first person, yet, depending on the angle and distance of the narrator, they exert different effects. The best are those in which the speaker never poses as an objective outsider. (...) Other stories are damaged by the urge to distance the narrator.” FirstsPersonsDifferentStoriesFansEffectsFootballDistanceObjectivesUrgesSpeakersOutsidersAngleFirst PersonApprenticeNarratorsFootball Fan Author:Yiyun Li
