Friday, July 4, 2008

deep-holes



wow. i've just read alice munro's short story deep-holes, which was published in last week's new yorker. it was incredible. it made me think a lot of the film away from her, which was based on an alice munro story and has some thematic similarities. but--even better, it reminded me of philip roth's american pastoral , one of my favorite books. both revolve around a similar central incident--the disappearance of a child from a family circle, and how this moment spins around the life of the parent. both are incredible.

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