Appointment in Samarra | Techniques
Although O'Hara is not commonly regarded as an experimentalist in fiction, the uses of time, narrative perspective, and style in Appointment in Samarra demonstrate his awareness of experimental techniques and set him apart from the more conventional storytellers of his era, including Lewis. The foreground story covers the last three days in Julian English's life, but sections of flashback provide the history of the region, his family, and his marriage to Caroline Walker. O'Hara is particularly concerned with the ways that the past influences the present, and he is careful to...
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