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FROM: Nancy Alexander <[removed]@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 4/3/01, 3:39 PM
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FROM: "Nora M. Armstrong" <[removed]@clsn1269.cumberland.lib.nc.us>
REC'D: 4/3/01, 3:50 PM
Nora Armstrong
Cumberland County Public Library & Information Center
Fayetteville, NC
(910)483-7878, FAX (910)486-6661
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FROM: "ROBIN BEERBOWER" <[removed]@mail.open.org>
REC'D: 4/3/01, 3:50 PM
Robin Beerbower
Salem (OR) Public Library
[removed]@open.org
>>> Nancy Alexander <[removed]@yahoo.com> 04/03 1:23 PM >>>
Please help me with a patron request for fiction books
in which the different characters tell the story from
each one's personal point of view. One example is The
Ladies of Covington Send Their Love by Joan Medlicott,
but the patron would like to read others.
Nancy Alexander: [removed]@yahoo.com
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FROM: Viccy Kemp <[removed]@cityofcarrollton.com>
REC'D: 4/3/01, 4:01 PM
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From: Nancy Alexander [[removed]@yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 3:23 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: point of view
Please help me with a patron request for fiction books
in which the different characters tell the story from
each one's personal point of view. One example is The
Ladies of Covington Send Their Love by Joan Medlicott,
but the patron would like to read others.
Nancy Alexander: [removed]@yahoo.com
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FROM: "Fitzgerald, Mary" <[removed]@lincc.lib.or.us>
REC'D: 4/3/01, 4:11 PM
-----Original Message-----
From: Nancy Alexander [[removed]@yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 1:23 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: point of view
Please help me with a patron request for fiction books
in which the different characters tell the story from
each one's personal point of view. One example is The
Ladies of Covington Send Their Love by Joan Medlicott,
but the patron would like to read others.
Nancy Alexander: [removed]@yahoo.com
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FROM: Vicki Novak - LIBRARYX <[removed]@MAIL.MARICOPA.GOV>
REC'D: 4/3/01, 4:21 PM
Vicki Novak
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Adult Services
North Central Regional Library
Maricopa County Library District
17811 N. 32nd St.
Phoenix, AZ 85032-1201
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-----Original Message-----
From: Nancy Alexander [[removed]@yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 1:23 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: point of view
Please help me with a patron request for fiction books
in which the different characters tell the story from
each one's personal point of view. One example is The
Ladies of Covington Send Their Love by Joan Medlicott,
but the patron would like to read others.
Nancy Alexander: [removed]@yahoo.com
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FROM: Amal Altoma <[removed]@monroe.lib.in.us>
REC'D: 4/3/01, 4:32 PM
A Altoma
MCPL
Bloomington, Indiana
FROM: Mary Ann Bakken <[removed]@linc.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 4/3/01, 4:32 PM
Mary Ann Bakken
St. Charles (IL) Public Library
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> From: Nancy Alexander[[removed]@yahoo.com]
> Reply To: Fiction_L
> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 3:32 PM
> To: Fiction_L
> Subject: point of view
>
> Please help me with a patron request for fiction books
> in which the different characters tell the story from
> each one's personal point of view. One example is The
> Ladies of Covington Send Their Love by Joan Medlicott,
> but the patron would like to read others.
> Nancy Alexander: [removed]@yahoo.com
>
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FROM: "Debra A. Peterson" <[removed]@punahou.edu>
REC'D: 4/3/01, 4:43 PM
At 01:23 PM 4/3/01 -0700, you wrote:
>Please help me with a patron request for fiction books
>in which the different characters tell the story from
>each one's personal point of view. One example is The
>Ladies of Covington Send Their Love by Joan Medlicott,
>but the patron would like to read others.
>Nancy Alexander: [removed]@yahoo.com
>
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Debra A. Peterson
Head Librarian, Cooke Library
Punahou School
1601 Punahou St.
Honolulu, HI 96822
Phone: (808) 944-5822
FAX: (808) 944-5766
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FROM: [removed]@co.wake.nc.us
REC'D: 4/3/01, 5:03 PM
Donna Beaver
Wake County Libraries
Zebulon, NC branch
FROM: Dennis Lien <[removed]@tc.umn.edu>
REC'D: 4/3/01, 5:03 PM
This sort of narrative device is sometimes called the "Rashomon
technique" or somesuch, and the movie RASHOMON (a famous example
of such) was based on a short story available here:
Author: Akutagawa, Ryúunosuke, 1892-1927.
Title: Rashomon : and other stories / Translated by Takasi Kojima ;
introd. by Howard Hibbet.
Published: Rutland, Vt. : C.E. Tuttle, 1952.
Description: 95 p. ; 19 cm.
A google search of "rashomon technique" brings up a lot of hits,
but mostly in irrelevant contexts (nonfiction, film, etc.).
I believe Lawrence Durrell's THE ALEXANDRIA QUARTET, which I've never
read, would qualify here. A fairly recent Peter Beagle fantasy, THE
INNKEEPER'S SONG, also works in this way. I think there's a lot of
other examples, none of which I can think of at the moment.
Dennis Lien / U of Minnesota Libraries // [removed]@tc.umn.edu
FROM: Kathy Lee <[removed]@jefferson.lib.co.us>
REC'D: 4/3/01, 5:14 PM
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From: Mary Ann Bakken [[removed]@linc.lib.il.us]
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 2:57 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: RE: point of view
An older book by Southern writer Lee Smith fits this category. Oral History
relates the stories of an Appalachian family from the various perspectives
of the people involved.
Mary Ann Bakken
St. Charles (IL) Public Library
> ----------
> From: Nancy Alexander[[removed]@yahoo.com]
> Reply To: Fiction_L
> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 3:32 PM
> To: Fiction_L
> Subject: point of view
>
> Please help me with a patron request for fiction books
> in which the different characters tell the story from
> each one's personal point of view. One example is The
> Ladies of Covington Send Their Love by Joan Medlicott,
> but the patron would like to read others.
> Nancy Alexander: [removed]@yahoo.com
>
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FROM: "Nora M. Armstrong" <[removed]@clsn1269.cumberland.lib.nc.us>
REC'D: 4/3/01, 5:14 PM
Nora Armstrong
Cumberland County Public Library & Information Center
Fayetteville, NC
(910)483-7878, FAX (910)486-6661
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FROM: "Nelsen, Mary" <[removed]@Brentwood-tn.org>
REC'D: 4/3/01, 5:24 PM
Mary Ely Nelsen
Brentwood Library
Brentwood, TN 37027
615-371-0090 ext. 822
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nancy Alexander [[removed]@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 3:23 PM
> To: Fiction_L
> Subject: point of view
>
> Please help me with a patron request for fiction books
> in which the different characters tell the story from
> each one's personal point of view. One example is The
> Ladies of Covington Send Their Love by Joan Medlicott,
> but the patron would like to read others.
> Nancy Alexander: [removed]@yahoo.com
>
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FROM: Sharon Weinberg <[removed]@nslsilus.org>
REC'D: 4/3/01, 5:34 PM
At 01:23 PM 4/3/01 -0700, you wrote:
>Please help me with a patron request for fiction books
>in which the different characters tell the story from
>each one's personal point of view. One example is The
>Ladies of Covington Send Their Love by Joan Medlicott,
>but the patron would like to read others.
>Nancy Alexander: [removed]@yahoo.com
>
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Sharon Weinberg, Readers Services Librarian
Skokie Public Library
(847)673-7774
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Opinions expressed are personal and do not necessarily reflect the views of
the Board of the Skokie Public Library.
FROM: Kathy Wolkoff <[removed]@scls.lib.wi.us>
REC'D: 4/3/01, 5:45 PM
Songs in Ordinary Time by Mary McGarry Morris.
Kathleen N. Wolkoff
Madison Public Library--Meadowridge Branch
6740 Raymond Rd.
Madison WI 53711
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608-288-6160
FROM: Mary Van Dyke <[removed]@CLSN3046.glenview.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 4/3/01, 5:45 PM
Mary Van Dyke
Glenview (IL) Public Library
FROM: [removed]@carmel.lib.in.us (Mary Boyden)
REC'D: 4/3/01, 5:56 PM
FROM: Dennis Lien <[removed]@tc.umn.edu>
REC'D: 4/3/01, 6:06 PM
I've not read them, but I wonder if the topic is drifting a bit. There
are lots of novels whose storylines include multiple characters who
each tell part of the whole story (most disaster novels work this way,
for instance). I think/thought initial question was for books in which
multiple characters all tell supposedly the *same* story, but (because
of their different viewpoints and assumptions) interpret it or slant it
differently, so that the reader gets a feeling of the mutability of
what "really" happened. (The "Rashomon" effect, as I suggested earlier.)
But maybe I'm reading too much into word choice (and as I said, I've
not read Binchy).
Dennis Lien / U of Minnesota Libraries // [removed]@tc.umn.edu
FROM: [removed]@aol.com
REC'D: 4/3/01, 11:00 PM
<<
Please help me with a patron request for fiction books
in which the different characters tell the story from
each one's personal point of view. One example is The
Ladies of Covington Send Their Love by Joan Medlicott,
but the patron would like to read others.
Nancy Alexander: [removed]@yahoo.com >>
Another example would be Laura, by Vera Caspary, on which the famous film
noir was based. In it, each chapter is told from a different character's
POV - which gets difficult, since one is the murderer.
Also, I finally read my first Tom Clancy book. ( I know - I'm a bit behind
the times.) It was Rainbow Six, and he employs many POV characters, both
heroes & villains.
Binnie Syril Braunstein
romance novelist/former librarian
FROM: Spencer Ms Martha <[removed]@usmc-mccs.org>
REC'D: 4/4/01, 7:36 AM
Martha Spencer
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From: [removed]@aol.com [[removed]@aol.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 8:58 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Re: point of view
In a message dated 4/3/2001 4:26:26 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[removed]@yahoo.com writes:
<<
Please help me with a patron request for fiction books
in which the different characters tell the story from
each one's personal point of view. One example is The
Ladies of Covington Send Their Love by Joan Medlicott,
but the patron would like to read others.
Nancy Alexander: [removed]@yahoo.com >>
Another example would be Laura, by Vera Caspary, on which the famous film
noir was based. In it, each chapter is told from a different character's
POV - which gets difficult, since one is the murderer.
Also, I finally read my first Tom Clancy book. ( I know - I'm a bit behind
the times.) It was Rainbow Six, and he employs many POV characters, both
heroes & villains.
Binnie Syril Braunstein
romance novelist/former librarian
FROM: Nancy Eggert <[removed]@chipublib.org>
REC'D: 4/4/01, 9:00 AM
FROM: "Shari Hetzke" <[removed]@ahml.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 4/4/01, 9:00 AM
Shari Hetzke, Secondary School Services Specialist
Arlington Heights Memorial Library
500 North Dunton
Arlington Heights, IL 60004
Phone 847.506.2629 Fax 847.506.2655
FROM: [removed]@mln.lib.ma.us
REC'D: 4/4/01, 9:53 AM
Megan Flynn
Wellesley Free Library
Wellesley MA
FROM: "Roberta S. Johnson" <[removed]@nslsilus.org>
REC'D: 4/4/01, 10:55 AM
I also second Making up Megaboy!
RSJ
Roberta S. Johnson
Readers' Services Librarian
Des Plaines Public Library
[removed]@nslsilus.org
www.desplaines.lib.il.us
Opinions my own.
FROM: Gary Branson <[removed]@oplin.lib.oh.us>
REC'D: 4/4/01, 11:17 AM
Gary Branson
Assistant Director
London Public Library
London, OH
Nancy Alexander wrote:
> Please help me with a patron request for fiction books
> in which the different characters tell the story from
> each one's personal point of view. One example is The
> Ladies of Covington Send Their Love by Joan Medlicott,
> but the patron would like to read others.
> Nancy Alexander: [removed]@yahoo.com
>
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FROM: Nora Liederbach <[removed]@imcpl.lib.in.us>
REC'D: 4/4/01, 11:28 AM
Nora Lee Liederbach
Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library
Riley Room, Children's Division
-----Original Message-----
From: Roberta S. Johnson [[removed]@nslsilus.org]
Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 10:47 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: RE: point of view
Following Dennis' theory, an excellent new YA novel by Todd Strasser, Give A
Boy a
Gun, tells the painful story of a high school shooting. Students,
reporters, school
staff, family and friends give their opinions and eyewitness reports on the
event and the
reasons behind it. Strasser includes statistics and other facts related to
the tragedy.
I also second Making up Megaboy!
RSJ
Roberta S. Johnson
Readers' Services Librarian
Des Plaines Public Library
[removed]@nslsilus.org
www.desplaines.lib.il.us
Opinions my own.
FROM: Sarah Herlache <[removed]@lib.az.us>
REC'D: 4/4/01, 11:38 AM
Sarah Herlache
Foothills Branch Library
Glendale, Arizona
Dennis Lien wrote:
> At , you wrote:
> >Maeve Binchy's books are all written using the technique of having each
> >character tell part of the story.
>
> I've not read them, but I wonder if the topic is drifting a bit. There
> are lots of novels whose storylines include multiple characters who
> each tell part of the whole story (most disaster novels work this way,
> for instance). I think/thought initial question was for books in which
> multiple characters all tell supposedly the *same* story, but (because
> of their different viewpoints and assumptions) interpret it or slant it
> differently, so that the reader gets a feeling of the mutability of
> what "really" happened. (The "Rashomon" effect, as I suggested earlier.)
>
> But maybe I'm reading too much into word choice (and as I said, I've
> not read Binchy).
>
> Dennis Lien / U of Minnesota Libraries // [removed]@tc.umn.edu
>
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FROM: Madeline Guzman <[removed]@CapAccess.org>
REC'D: 4/4/01, 12:22 PM
Madeline T. Guzman
The year on this message plus 28 years = the current year.
FROM: [removed]@carmel.lib.in.us (Lisa Dick)
REC'D: 4/4/01, 1:02 PM
She Flew The Coop
Crazy Ladies
American Pie
Lisa
At 01:23 PM 4/3/01 -0700, you wrote:
>Please help me with a patron request for fiction books
>in which the different characters tell the story from
>each one's personal point of view. One example is The
>Ladies of Covington Send Their Love by Joan Medlicott,
>but the patron would like to read others.
>Nancy Alexander: [removed]@yahoo.com
>
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Lisa Dick
Readers' Advisory Librarian
Carmel Clay Public Library
55 - 4th Ave. SE
Carmel, IN 46032
(317) 814-3948
[removed]@carmel.lib.in.us
"Rosenberg's First Law of Reading: Never apologize for your reading tastes"
FROM: Sandy Westbrook <[removed]@crlc.org>
REC'D: 4/4/01, 2:17 PM
Sandy Westbrook
South Windsor Public Library
South Windsor, CT
FROM: Lynne Kobayashi <[removed]@lib.state.hi.us>
REC'D: 4/4/01, 4:35 PM
FROM: "Cynthia Orr" <[removed]@cpl.org>
REC'D: 4/5/01, 8:17 AM
Nancy Alexander wrote:
> Please help me with a patron request for fiction books
> in which the different characters tell the story from
> each one's personal point of view. One example is The
> Ladies of Covington Send Their Love by Joan Medlicott,
> but the patron would like to read others.
> Nancy Alexander: [removed]@yahoo.com
>
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FROM: Amy Brozio-Andrews <[removed]@uhls.lib.ny.us>
REC'D: 4/5/01, 9:04 AM
>Nancy Alexander wrote:
> Please help me with a patron request for fiction books
> in which the different characters tell the story from
> each one's personal point of view. One example is The
> Ladies of Covington Send Their Love by Joan Medlicott,
> but the patron would like to read others.
FROM: "Carol Kubala" <[removed]@columbiapl.libct.org>
REC'D: 4/5/01, 10:46 AM
--
Carol Kubala
Adult Services Librarian
Saxton B. Little Free Library/Columbia, CT
860 228-0350 - voice
860 228-1569 - fax
FROM: Jaffe <[removed]@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
REC'D: 4/9/01, 10:54 AM
Karen Jaffe
Comsewogue Public Library
Port jefferson Station, NY
FROM: Nancy Alexander <[removed]@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 4/9/01, 1:24 PM
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FROM: Dennis Lien <[removed]@tc.umn.edu>
REC'D: 4/9/01, 1:45 PM
correction: title is The Innkeeper's Song
Dennis Lien / U of Minnesota Libraries // [removed]@tc.umn.edu
FROM: Tammy <[removed]@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 4/12/01, 4:37 PM
--- Nancy Alexander <[removed]@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Please help me with a patron request for fiction
> books
> in which the different characters tell the story
> from
> each one's personal point of view. One example is
> The
> Ladies of Covington Send Their Love by Joan
> Medlicott,
> but the patron would like to read others.
> Nancy Alexander: [removed]@yahoo.com
>
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Forest Public Library, Forest, MS
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