The great unanswered questions of our time – volume #217496

Writing January 21st, 2008

 

Why must every Alice Munro story contain a scene where someone watches a car drive down a dusty road? WHY?

It’s probably just envy talking, but seriously - at least spice it up and make it a tractor trailer or a unicycle or something.

 

2 Responses to “The great unanswered questions of our time – volume #217496”

  1. dana Says:
    January 21st, 2008 at 11:56 pm

    I never noticed that and I’ve read nearly all her stuff. If it really bothers you, why do you read her work?

  2. stacy Says:
    January 23rd, 2008 at 11:01 am

    Maybe I underplayed the envy thing – I think she’s a brilliant writer and a great storyteller, I just find it amusing that the same scene shows up so often. It’s actually kind of comforting, like literary mashed potatoes.

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