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    The William Trevor Reader: “In Love with Ariadne”

    by Adam O’Fallon Price Jul 18, 2023 3 minutes

    Let me start this entry with a writing craft opinion: The most important function that detail serves in a story is to show us what, and how, the main character notices. This is equally true of first and third person; a fictional world is, or should be, largely constructed via an idiosyncratic sensory apparatus and mind. This is, of course, the way it works in real life as well. My wife’s nose is a finely tuned instrument, and she frequently picks out smells I would

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