REALLY, Now!

Doug Harris cats22 at FRONTIERNET.NET
Fri Feb 22 21:03:32 UTC 2008


from a NYT book review I just received:

Steven Millhauser doesn't traffic in emotional upheaval or interpersonal
conflict. He flattens his characters, giving his books the paradoxical
effect of seeming realer than reality.

Not that it's relevant, but the book is 'Dangerous Laughter'
By STEVEN MILLHAUSER
Reviewed by D.T. MAX

I guess that, in context, 'realer' works, though a google reveals no
evidence it's really a word. I consider the coinage, if that's what
this is, as dumber than dumb.

dh

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