tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18086590.post116966788501157014..comments2023-12-23T05:12:55.809-05:00Comments on The Written Nerd: Contest Tip-Off; Reviews #51 and 52 (of 2006); Bonus: The Book That Changed My LifeBook Nerdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02896226559142059293noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18086590.post-1170711114561865322007-02-05T16:31:00.000-05:002007-02-05T16:31:00.000-05:00I'm going to go with Maugham's The Razor's Edge. T...I'm going to go with Maugham's <I>The Razor's Edge</I>. That book profoundly changed how I measure the value of books - not so much in terms of plot or anything, though it is slyly, quietly modernist in many ways - but in terms of sympathy as a storyteller's key virtue. I'd like to think some of that sympathy rubs off on the reader, but that's most likely hoping for too much.CRwMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07896615209770501945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18086590.post-1170084954712000972007-01-29T10:35:00.000-05:002007-01-29T10:35:00.000-05:00No comments, what a shame.My 10th grade answer wou...No comments, what a shame.<BR/><BR/>My 10th grade answer would have been "Death of a Salesman" for reasons that, alas, really elude me now. I think it spoke to my discontent with the whole american dream, dysfunctional family relationships and what not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com