I used to skip over the descriptions in 'The Goldfinch'... but our club talked about how they build mood. Someone mentioned how the details mirror the main guy's stress. It made sense after that... I went back and read those parts again. Now I get why the author put them in... it adds so much.
1d ago
I finally figured out what a weird mark on an old sign meant
My buddy Mike found a 1937 county line marker just rusting in a ditch last fall.