I’m reading a Patrick deWitt book and am again reminded how much I adore his wordcraft. Some writers are careful wordsmiths, and I so admire their precision — I cannot abide undisciplined writers or indulgent editors. But few master “… the subtle science and exact art” (nod to JK Rowling/Snape) of conjuring a moment for that particular character or narrative.
Who are the writers you admire for their ability to charm you, to make you want to highlight half the book or reread phrases like a lab rat on crack?
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by gnomesnow
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Quoting Rowling in a post about the art of great language is very ironic, lol.
Some beautiful prose writers: Nabokov, Pynchon, Joyce, Woolf, Le Guin, Austen. More modern/less classic choices could include Sarah Waters, Catherynne Valente, Iain Banks.