Barbara kingsolver demon copperhead5/21/2023 ![]() Barbara Kingsolver tries her best in her update of David Copperfield, a 600-page monster called Demon Copperhead. What’s difficult is to replicate Dickens’s big, soppy heart, and his ability to render complex quandaries in ripping stories that make you read a thousand pages like you’re binge-watching 10 episodes of the latest Netflix hit. These are the stylistic tricks that are easy to replicate, even for middling writers. ![]() Or they wanted to tackle a story about a social ill on a grand scale with a cast of ruffians, orphans, and prigs. Or maybe it means they gave their characters quirky names that reveal their true nature, a la Uriah Heap. When people go Dickensian, it usually means they’ve written an unruly 600 page book they couldn’t manage to edit down. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |