TITLE: Moments of Alarm, Written Word Edition
AUTHOR: Eugene Wallingford
DATE: December 26, 2015  2:12 PM
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In
<A HREF="http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/987/the-art-of-fiction-no-156-william-styron">
   The Art of Fiction No. 156</A>,
George Plimpton asked William Styron, "Are you worried about the
future of the written word?"  Styron said, "Not really."  But he
did share the sort of moment that causes him alarm:

<BLOCKQUOTE><EM>
 Not long ago I received in the mail a doctoral thesis entitled
 "Sophie's Choice: A Jungian Perspective", which I sat down to
 read.  It was quite a long document.  In the first paragraph it
 said, In this thesis my point of reference throughout will be
 the Alan J. Pakula movie of Sophie's Choice.  There was a
 footnote, which I swear to you said, Where the movie is obscure
 I will refer to William Styron's novel for clarification.
</BLOCKQUOTE></EM>

Good thing there was an original source to consult.
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