Comments on: The wisdom of each age http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/12/02/the-wisdom-of-each-age/ K.G. Schneider's blog on librarianship, writing, and everything else Sun, 20 May 2012 03:37:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: K.G. Schneider http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/12/02/the-wisdom-of-each-age/comment-page-1/#comment-116488 K.G. Schneider Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:15:40 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/12/02/the-wisdom-of-each-age/#comment-116488 Thanks, Debi! I wonder how well ol' Holden holds up stacked up against them. I adored Catcher in the Rye back in the day... would I still? Tobias Wolfe's "Old School" also has very adroit use of POV... perhaps my favorite example: starting from the student's point of view and then at the end shifting to the headmaster's. (It's also one of my favorite examples of humor in writing.) Thanks, Debi! I wonder how well ol’ Holden holds up stacked up against them. I adored Catcher in the Rye back in the day… would I still?

Tobias Wolfe’s “Old School” also has very adroit use of POV… perhaps my favorite example: starting from the student’s point of view and then at the end shifting to the headmaster’s. (It’s also one of my favorite examples of humor in writing.)

]]> By: Debi http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/12/02/the-wisdom-of-each-age/comment-page-1/#comment-116420 Debi Tue, 04 Dec 2007 15:31:31 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/12/02/the-wisdom-of-each-age/#comment-116420 Putting aside your very wise thoughts on, well, wisdom, I would actually like to make some recommendations to anyone who does like reading good books (fiction, though) told from the perspective of children. There's Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons, and H by Elizabeth Shepard, and Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns. Told in retrospect but very much a true representation of the pre-adolescent mindset is my favorite, Cats Eye by Margaret Atwood. It's very hard to hit that middle ground you talked about, somewhere between genuine and too-smart-for-their-age, but when it's done right, it's wonderful. It's like capturing any voice - it just takes imagination and scrutiny. I love writing from that perspective...it's a challenge, but very rewarding. Putting aside your very wise thoughts on, well, wisdom, I would actually like to make some recommendations to anyone who does like reading good books (fiction, though) told from the perspective of children. There’s Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons, and H by Elizabeth Shepard, and Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns. Told in retrospect but very much a true representation of the pre-adolescent mindset is my favorite, Cats Eye by Margaret Atwood. It’s very hard to hit that middle ground you talked about, somewhere between genuine and too-smart-for-their-age, but when it’s done right, it’s wonderful. It’s like capturing any voice – it just takes imagination and scrutiny. I love writing from that perspective…it’s a challenge, but very rewarding.

]]> By: Dinty http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/12/02/the-wisdom-of-each-age/comment-page-1/#comment-115766 Dinty Mon, 03 Dec 2007 14:32:29 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/12/02/the-wisdom-of-each-age/#comment-115766 Thanks. You are correct, entirely, there at the end, about why it is all still worthwhile. Thanks. You are correct, entirely, there at the end, about why it is all still worthwhile.

]]> By: David lee king http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/12/02/the-wisdom-of-each-age/comment-page-1/#comment-115523 David lee king Mon, 03 Dec 2007 02:43:15 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/12/02/the-wisdom-of-each-age/#comment-115523 a most excellent post! Just what I needed tonight. a most excellent post! Just what I needed tonight.

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