theparisreview: The FlamethrowersA portfolio by Rachel Kushner, issue no. 203 (Winter 2012)An appeal
theparisreview: The FlamethrowersA portfolio by Rachel Kushner, issue no. 203 (Winter 2012)An appeal to images is a demand for love. We want something more than just their mute glory. We want them to give up a clue, a key, a way to cut open a space, cut into a register, locate a tone, without which the novelist is lost.It was with images that I began [my novel] The Flamethrowers. By the time I finished, I found myself with a large stash. -- source link