I can't defend the Esquire piece but the Great Gatsby is my personal favorite American novel.
It's a story that seeks to describe the great divide between the middle and the upper classes.
I'm really not clear what you mean by "something is about to be said...but isn't."
It's a novel. Do you mean that you didn't understand the purpose of certain story events or do you literally mean that nothing is revealed in the story.
He's saying that there is never that "Ah-Ha!" moment in Fitzgerald's writings which deliver a clear message to the reader. I kind of agree, whenever he gets close to a statement which appeals to me personally or begins to develop an interesting idea, he moves on.
Comments
I can't defend the Esquire piece but the Great Gatsby is my personal favorite American novel.
It's a story that seeks to describe the great divide between the middle and the upper classes.
I'm really not clear what you mean by "something is about to be said...but isn't."
It's a novel. Do you mean that you didn't understand the purpose of certain story events or do you literally mean that nothing is revealed in the story.
He's saying that there is never that "Ah-Ha!" moment in Fitzgerald's writings which deliver a clear message to the reader. I kind of agree, whenever he gets close to a statement which appeals to me personally or begins to develop an interesting idea, he moves on.
Interesting. There's so many 'Ah-Ha!' moments for me that I still think about the novel over 25 years after I first read it.
I guess it's just a matter of life experience and perspective.
What's an example of a book that gave you an 'Ah-Ha' moment?