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bUrNtKoOlAiD t1_ixzz8zl wrote

Reply to comment by incredibleinkpen in What makes Raymond Carver so good in just two pages? by Valuable-Elevator511

Exactly. "Why use many words when few do trick."

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Valuable-Elevator511 OP t1_iy137sc wrote

I wonder if anybody ever successfully sold books writing few words as possible. The closest I can think of is Hubert Selby Jnr not using any punctuation in requiem for a dream. That book tough. Me struggled.

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