The Little Disturbances of Man

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author: Grace Paley publishing house: Penguin (Non-Classics) 1985 - 1

What makes Paley worth reading and important is her language, which is plain, simple english, but the order in which she places the words create sentences that burst with gut-life.These are stories of real-life love and relationships (ie: imperfect, strange and unexpected - not cheesy or sappy at all).

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"It's just a matter of trial and error. You try something, it doesn't work. You try it another way, maybe it works even less well, or maybe it works a little bit better. It really is the dark room that Henry James describes. It's a sort of groping, and continuously trying things out, and understanding why something fails. The key is to try to understand what are the elements that are failing, and why, and then you move on to the next draft with a little bit more of clarity."