Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Great Regulars: "The assumptions of realism as it has been

practised are simply wrong. People bring a great deal of memory and also a sense of present experience to everything that they do. If you see someone doing a simple action like hanging sheets on a line, there is absolutely no reason in that person's perception that there is anything simple about it at all. I have all the respect in the world for reality, but I think the general assumptions about it are wrong." [--Marilynne Robinson]

from Bryan Appleyard: The Sunday Times: Marilynne Robinson: world’s best writer of prose

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