Comments on: June 28 — Nicole Krauss: “The Young Painters”

By: Cari

Cari — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:19:32 +0000

This story really caught me. I have to do a term paper for university on that, and afte reading it on and on I really loved it. It’s really authentic and it caught my attention from the beginning.
It really makes the analysis easier when you like the story ;)

By: Whispering Gums

Whispering Gums — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 23:17:46 +0000

Oops, meant to comment here a while ago. I too thought this was a very clever story with, as you say, some great layers. Months after reading it, it comes back to me.

By: Ken

Ken — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:37:32 +0000

Well, this time I agree with you 100%. This story to me is perfect and perfectly mixes virtuosic style (long, hypnotic perfectly formed sentences which keep you hooked) and content. A perfectly focussed and coherent tale of the writer and their relation to the reality they mine and the fiction they create.

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 03:40:08 +0000

This was a great story: sharp, clean writing that really left me thinking. In fact, I’m still not sure I fully understand the final encounter with the dancer, when he says that he took down the painting because “after a while I understood what your story had made so clear to me.” But this depth is exactly what I love about the story. One of my very favorites of the year.

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 21:33:03 +0000

This was a smart story. What do you think of her referring to her husband as S? My thought is that's the one person who is off limits for the narrator in her writing. Review of The Young Painters on Digital Dunes.

By: Trevor

Trevor — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:40:14 +0000

My thoughts on this week’s offering are posted above. I loved it!

By: Trevor

Trevor — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:57:02 +0000

New fiction forum up.