“The sentence pulsates, moves in and out, toward the character and away from her – when we reach “huddled” we are reminded that an author allowed us to merge with his character, that the author’s magniloquent style is the envelope within which this generous contract is carried.”

“The sentence pulsates, moves in and out, toward the character and away from her – when we reach “huddled” we are reminded that an author allowed us to merge with his character, that the author’s magniloquent style is the envelope within which this generous contract is carried.”

— James Wood