“With ‘Demonology’, why write an anthology of short stories with no apparent link between one another?”
An anthology of stories with an "apparent" link is not, in my view, really a collection of short stories, but, rather, a novel. It is precisely the possibility of variety that makes short stories attractive, as least to me. Having said that, though, it seems to me (in retrospect) that DEMONOLOGY emphatically does have a link, in that the whole of the book (excepting one or two pieces) was written in the aftermath of a great personal tragedy in my world: the sudden death of my sister in November 1995. The opening story, "The Mansion On the Hill," and the last story, "Demonology," deal with this loss directly, but several others stories, whether obviously or subconsciously, are taken up with grief and loss. Relations between siblings are also central to the book. So maybe it is not an an anthology of short stories, after all, but, rather, a novel.
An anthology of stories with an "apparent" link is not, in my view, really a collection of short stories, but, rather, a novel. It is precisely the possibility of variety that makes short stories attractive, as least to me. Having said that, though, it seems to me (in retrospect) that DEMONOLOGY emphatically does have a link, in that the whole of the book (excepting one or two pieces) was written in the aftermath of a great personal tragedy in my world: the sudden death of my sister in November 1995. The opening story, "The Mansion On the Hill," and the last story, "Demonology," deal with this loss directly, but several others stories, whether obviously or subconsciously, are taken up with grief and loss. Relations between siblings are also central to the book. So maybe it is not an an anthology of short stories, after all, but, rather, a novel.
Pourquoi écrire un recueil de nouvelles sans aucun lien apparent entre elles ?
Un recueil d’histoires ayant des liens apparents n’est pas selon moi réellement un recueil de nouvelles, mais c’est plutôt un roman. C’est précisément la possibilité d’avoir des choses variées qui rend les nouvelles attrayantes, pour moi tout du moins. Ceci étant dit, cependant, il me semble – à posteriori – que dans DEMONOLOGY, les nouvelles ont indéniablement un lien entre elles, car l’intégralité du livre (mis à part une ou deux parties) a été écrit peu après une grand tragédie qui m’a frappé ma vie personnelle : la mort subite de ma sœur en novembre 1995. La première nouvelle : « Le Manoir sur la Colline » et la dernière nouvelle « Démonologie » parlent directement de cette perte, mais plusieurs autres nouvelles, que ce soit de façon évidente ou inconsciemment, sont empreintes de chagrin et d’un sentiment de perte. Les relations entre frères et sœurs sont aussi un thème central du livre. Par conséquent, ce n’est peut-être pas un recueil de nouvelles après tout, mais plutôt un roman.
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