Chris Nicholson's Writing Weblog
August 22, 2005 • Monday
This weekend I finished reading the novel High Fidelity by Nick Hornby.
When I began reading the book, I almost stopped because it was reminding me too much of the movie based on the novel. But I'm glad I stayed with it; the book is an excellent read.
Hornby's style and narrative tone in High Fidelity remind me much of J.D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye. But what grabbed me most was Hornby's ability to write such concise observations of the complex emotions one experiences when surviving through a breakup and when maturing into an emotionally conscious adult. This ability is well summed in quote from Ernest Hemingway's Garden of Eden that I keep framed on my desk:
"… it is all very well for you to write simply and the simpler the better. But do not start to think so damned simply. Know how complicated it is and then state it simply."
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