Saturday, September 30, 2006
How It Is,1969, Rains County, Texas Comments
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It is an old man, ancient, with stiff, white hair
and yellow fingernails, sitting on a sagging bed
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Joseph Daly
30 September 2006
I like the manner in which the narrative has been drawn out: slowed down even. The opening is great where the old man become as inanimates as the sagging bed. A brooding piece but one that packs a punch.
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1/19/2026 4:47:31 PM # 1.0.0
Rustic, well-crafted, and riveting piece - very nicely done