Thursday, September 21, 2017

One Alice Munro sentence


Alice Munro, “Runaway,” in Runaway (New York: Vintage, 2005).

Such a great sentence. Nine of its fourteen words form prepositional phrases, but the sentence moves as quickly as the truck, or the air. And notice that it’s air, not wind. The final seams is a bonus.

comments: 7

johannes said...

love it. so vivid. such economy. which story is it from?

Michael Leddy said...

It’s from “Runaway.” (The details are below the sentence.)

johannes said...

I am blind.

johannes said...

How did I not see that?!

Michael Leddy said...

The scientific name is the Online Oversight in Processing Syndrome (OOPS). It happens to me often. “Oh, there it is.”

Michael Leddy said...

Or better: Oversight in Online Processing.

johannes said...

:) or maybe I was mesmerised by That Sentence.