The Blind Assassin
More than fifty years on, Iris Chase is remembering Laura's mysterious death. And so begins an extraordinary and compelling story of two sisters and their secrets. Set against a panoramic backdrop of twentieth-century history, The Blind Assassin is an epic tale of memory, intrigue and betrayal...
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- The author's criticism of Up is weird to me. I watched Up when it was released. Can't say I remember it too much. But, I don't think it's fair to criticize a movie by saying that a movie is bad if you remove the best scene. One of my favorite books is The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood. 99% of the book is the musings and activities of an old lady, which are not interesting to say the least. It's not until the last page that the whole story is tied together. If you removed the last page, it wouldn't be a great book.
- I recently read Dungeon Crawler Carl. It’s pretty much interesting from the very beginning.
On the other hand, Blind Assassin was extremely boring to me until the very last page, but that last page blew my mind.
- “They were new money, without a doubt: so new it shrieked. Their clothes looked as it they'd covered themselves in glue, then rolled around in hundred-dollar bills.” ― Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin
- It's difficult -- maybe impossible -- to write with no consideration for one's audience, present or eventual. The writer's equivalent of a Zen practitioner's pursuit of "mind like water".
"The only way you can write the truth is to assume that what you set down will never be read. Not by any other person, and not even by yourself at some later date. Otherwise you begin excusing yourself. You must see the writing as emerging like a long scroll of ink from the index finger of your right hand; you must see your left hand erasing it."
-- Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin
