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Originally Posted by escapetacoma
To my eye their prose styles are almost completely opposite. Robbins seems to put down words just because they'll sound good together - wonderfully florid in a slightly over the top fashion. Hemingway you'll have to try for yourself but I find the prose dry and almost abrupt - no wasted words.
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Thanks for that. I appreciate the elaboration. I look forward to getting to Hemingway and seeing for myself and deciding how I feel about it. Your description of Robbins made me smile and nod ("slightly over the top" might not just apply to the prose style either, yes?
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do like the chap for it. I wonder if the "no wasted words" of Hemingway might appeal to me too though, as I do sometimes intentionally alternate the style of books I read. Perhaps I need to go at
Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates just before
For Whom The Bell Tolls, or vice versa.
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If you like Tom Robbins you might also find you like John Crowley.
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It's funny you should mention...I've just discovered I've
Little, Big sitting in my TBR pile. Someone else must have once suggested it to me.
Cheers,
Marc