letters & life
“You know, I’m not sure why this has happened, because when I’m writing a story, I don’t really analyze it. But once I’ve got the story finished and I begin doing things with it, I think that in many ways what I’ve written breaks all the rules of the short story. This occurs to me, … Continue reading Put It Out There and See What It Does
When I read the short story “Eisenheim the Illusionist” by Steven Millhauser, I was instantly enchanted by the attention to detail, the twists and turns, and, of course, the magic. (It is, by the way, completely different from the movie The Illusionist, but that’s another post.) The way Millhauser writes about late 19th century Vienna, … Continue reading We Don’t Have to Paint Every Darn Brick: Thoughts on Millhauser’s “Eisenheim the Illusionist”
