I think you meant it in the "I shall keel you with my angst" way, but only for the one story. *g*
And, Booker Prize. Not Book Prize. I are Englush majer.
I haven't read Olive Kitteridge, but I can actually imagine a book about stagnant and petty people being well-written... because not everybody does move in a positive direction. But you have to have insight into how people think.
One book that does rather follow the "no heroes" rule that I really liked was The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood. It's a retelling of The Odyssey from Penelope's POV, and I started off thinking it was going to be a "Odysseus is a dickbag" story, because, um, that's kind of obvious to anyone who reads the original with even a bit of feminist sensibilities. But, she didn't take the easy way and make Penelope the noble and hard-done-by wife of the original, either; it made them both flawed humans.
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Date: 2011-03-21 05:28 pm (UTC)And, Booker Prize. Not Book Prize. I are Englush majer.
I haven't read Olive Kitteridge, but I can actually imagine a book about stagnant and petty people being well-written... because not everybody does move in a positive direction. But you have to have insight into how people think.
One book that does rather follow the "no heroes" rule that I really liked was The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood. It's a retelling of The Odyssey from Penelope's POV, and I started off thinking it was going to be a "Odysseus is a dickbag" story, because, um, that's kind of obvious to anyone who reads the original with even a bit of feminist sensibilities. But, she didn't take the easy way and make Penelope the noble and hard-done-by wife of the original, either; it made them both flawed humans.
But, there is plot. And theme. And such. *g*