[lit-ideas] Re: "The Day After Yesterday"
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 10:58:38 EST
In a message dated 1/31/2005 11:22:14 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
johnwager@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
THE DAY AFTER YESTERDAY,
was as nerdy and wordy as he was. The title was not "evocative," just
odd. And the reply of "That's today" was a way of showing the more
direct, more meaningful way that the waitress viewed things; her
expressions were missing in his life AND in his book title.
----
That's as it may be, but recall that Maia later calls Miles, "I read your
novel. It's very good". It's understood that the novel is _still_ called "The
day after yesterday", so it's a way of saying that Maia fell for that 'nerdy',
'wordy' (or 'evocative') way of seeing things. Through getting to know Miles,
Maia becomes more experienced in the complexities of life, and comes to
understand that 'today' need _not_ necessarily mean 'the day after yesterday',
or _vice versa_?
Cheers,
JL
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