tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9878002.post2352080496612456498..comments2024-03-23T06:50:28.304-05:00Comments on PERPETUAL FOLLY: The New Yorker: "Face" by Alice MunroUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9878002.post-67974878530226413842010-01-09T15:37:23.743-05:002010-01-09T15:37:23.743-05:00Thanks, Vic. I've been looking forward to read...Thanks, Vic. I've been looking forward to reading Too Much Happiness.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05886890881221225553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9878002.post-88815626689572875542010-01-09T15:29:17.913-05:002010-01-09T15:29:17.913-05:00I just finished listening to the audiobook of &quo...I just finished listening to the audiobook of "Too Much Happiness," which includes "Face" and 8 or 9 other Alice Munro short stories. The author did not identify the name of the poem, although she did indentify the poet. I wanted to see the exact text and punctuation of the poem ("Away") because the audio version, of course, does not have the text. "Face" repeats the poem's phrase/line "Time heals never" at the very end of the story, when the main character asks if meeting Nancy again would change anything -- "The answer is of course, for awhile, and never." The short story captures the ambivalence of the poem -- time heals everything and/or time never heals.<br /><br />I love Alice Monro's short stories and especially liked "Face".Vic Carsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9878002.post-66061823161356959622008-09-28T21:23:00.000-05:002008-09-28T21:23:00.000-05:00I really enjoyed this story, too. I am new to rea...I really enjoyed this story, too. I am new to read Alice Munro. I like how her stories (the three I've read, which are the three New Yorker stories from this year) don't seem to really have a point. She just lays it out there: here's what happened. And it works for me.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the blog!Mark Richardsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02563853987158263126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9878002.post-19681587699068183202008-09-10T16:24:00.000-05:002008-09-10T16:24:00.000-05:00Clifford,Thank you for your review. "Face" has st...Clifford,<BR/><BR/>Thank you for your review. "Face" has stayed in my mind since I read it last week. Your review expressed well its power and mystery.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15978800154189679977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9878002.post-31303333553568666072008-09-07T21:26:00.000-05:002008-09-07T21:26:00.000-05:00Really nice review, Cliff. I think I need to read ...Really nice review, Cliff. I think I need to read "Face" soon.Mary Akershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05190983234403757377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9878002.post-13428989769645817182008-09-07T15:55:00.000-05:002008-09-07T15:55:00.000-05:00John,Thanks for visiting. Yes, that moment in the ...John,<BR/>Thanks for visiting. Yes, that moment in the story gave me chills, too. (I've done the Google maps thing, too, but I'm not sure anything ever happened in the house where I grew up!)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05886890881221225553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9878002.post-82538863079159590802008-09-07T15:50:00.000-05:002008-09-07T15:50:00.000-05:00Hi Clifford,This is my first comment on your blog....Hi Clifford,<BR/><BR/>This is my first comment on your blog. I have been reading your New Yorker short story reviews with much enjoyment for a while now. I have no education in literature, but a late-in-life interest.<BR/>I really liked this Alice Munro story. The part that got me was at the end when the narrator talks about how there is maybe one place in our life where something happened. I often find myself on Google maps (satellite view) looking at the house where I grew up many years ago.John Clavinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084106779529264782noreply@blogger.com