Sorry, it didn't come out as I meant it. Not having read the post you mention and going from what I read in her books I think that she *understands* the practice (after all she uses it in the books), but doesn't 'feel' it or get the point of it (which can be even more maddening, for sure), it sounds like expat-complaining to me (I'll post someting on the expat-specific brand of outsider gaze in a few days, about Donna Leon's whodunnits).
Seriously, though I enjoyed some writers' work much more before getting aquainted with them through their blogs, now I skim firs, and, if warranted, abstain.
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Not having read the post you mention and going from what I read in her books I think that she *understands* the practice (after all she uses it in the books), but doesn't 'feel' it or get the point of it (which can be even more maddening, for sure), it sounds like expat-complaining to me (I'll post someting on the expat-specific brand of outsider gaze in a few days, about Donna Leon's whodunnits).
Seriously, though I enjoyed some writers' work much more before getting aquainted with them through their blogs, now I skim firs, and, if warranted, abstain.