Julia Keller writes an interesting piece for chicagotribune,com, starting with the mention of Chicago in the new book by C. J. Box. The concept of place holds a very special, uh, place, in the mind of the reader.
JK: For authors, tapping the power of place is not simply a matter of naming a town and then moving on with the story. The place is the story. You may think the story is about the characters and what happens to them -- but it's not. The story is about where it occurs. Fiction is already ephemeral enough; the incidents therein never happened in the first place. What gives it gravity, what endows it with shape and mass and meaning, is its location. More...
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