tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2531134620517274173.post516470747630593258..comments2023-10-21T05:32:15.947-04:00Comments on dahlhaus: Books: Samedi the Deafness, by Jesse BallDahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02935191760506899625noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2531134620517274173.post-65685850001484478492008-09-07T17:11:00.000-04:002008-09-07T17:11:00.000-04:00I'm not so sure at all, in fact. But Ball doesn't...I'm not so sure at all, in fact. But Ball doesn't give us any reason not to trust our narrator, does he? (As opposed to Hunt, who in The Exquisite makes it rather clear that our narrator has had some hard times, mentally, for the past two years.) And whether the plot is real or not (and do you mean the plot of the BOOK or the plot to deafen the public with the noise-making cloud?) seems irrelevant to my argument, which is that disclosing the mode of terror breaks the tone of the book, and weakens the story.Dahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02935191760506899625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2531134620517274173.post-35040178493400838942008-09-06T17:53:00.000-04:002008-09-06T17:53:00.000-04:00Why are you so sure that the plot is real? It see...Why are you so sure that the plot is real? It seems like when you get to the book's end -- it still could all have been made up, no? That they are all still tricking him and have been all along?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com