47. "I can tell you what didn't work for me" In response to In response to 42
I felt that Valentino's voice was too distant, like he would describe events and I wouldn't *feel* them, or he would even talk about his feelings and I would think that it sounded like someone told him he should feel some way about it but that he himself didn't feel it. I completely blamed Eggers, and then I saw the two of them speak together, and the thing is that Eggers has really caught his voice. Unfortunately, a really accurate transcription sometimes doesn't catch the emotional truth behind the words, if you know what I mean. When I read Zeitoun, I had the same sense. I'm sure Eggers is as accurate a chronicler with them as he was with Valentino, but again, that doesn't mean that the book really gets inside me and holds on, even though both stories, in themselves, should be profoundly affecting.
~ ~ ~ All meetings end in separation All acquisition ends in dispersion All life ends in death - The Buddha