http://revolvingfloor.com/issues/3/eurydice-follows/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:42:45 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://revolvingfloor.com/issues/3/eurydice-follows/comment-page-1/#comment-464 Michael Bennett Cohn Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:35:12 +0000 http://revolvingfloor.com/?p=1323#comment-464 What I love the most is that the main action of the story is implied, rather than described. Myths that resonate like Orpheus and Eurydice will never go out of style, but in this era of extravagant special effects, it's the human details that make this story come alive. This is an epic story of magic, adventure, and doomed love, beautifully and concisely rendered as a minimalist monologue that might even be internal. And "the dogs have come round" is such an understated evocation of Cerberus that it dares the reader to imagine just how terrifying the "reality" must be. What I love the most is that the main action of the story is implied, rather than described. Myths that resonate like Orpheus and Eurydice will never go out of style, but in this era of extravagant special effects, it's the human details that make this story come alive. This is an epic story of magic, adventure, and doomed love, beautifully and concisely rendered as a minimalist monologue that might even be internal. And “the dogs have come round” is such an understated evocation of Cerberus that it dares the reader to imagine just how terrifying the “reality” must be.

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