reminders #1
There’s a photograph of the author Donna Tartt in one of last Sunday's papers that makes me think of you. Not a physical resemblance at all, really – more the sense of style, and the expression. Her head is tilted slightly to one side, her arms hang down straight against her sides, and the effect is quizzical, almost clownish. It’s a deliberate pose, but still a genuine one – the quirkiness and childlike openness aren’t being affected, they’re just the particular qualities which she’s chosen to let shine through at that moment. She’s wearing a coat which I can imagine you appreciating even if you decided it wasn’t for you, and in the accompanying interview she talks about coats and how “very attached” to them she becomes. You grin when you read this, later. Later still, I read the bit where she talks about writing and fret about writer’s block (my recurring condition).
Mind you, if you ask me The Little Friend needed some serious editing. And a better end.
There’s a photograph of the author Donna Tartt in one of last Sunday's papers that makes me think of you. Not a physical resemblance at all, really – more the sense of style, and the expression. Her head is tilted slightly to one side, her arms hang down straight against her sides, and the effect is quizzical, almost clownish. It’s a deliberate pose, but still a genuine one – the quirkiness and childlike openness aren’t being affected, they’re just the particular qualities which she’s chosen to let shine through at that moment. She’s wearing a coat which I can imagine you appreciating even if you decided it wasn’t for you, and in the accompanying interview she talks about coats and how “very attached” to them she becomes. You grin when you read this, later. Later still, I read the bit where she talks about writing and fret about writer’s block (my recurring condition).
Mind you, if you ask me The Little Friend needed some serious editing. And a better end.
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