Good Authors

What I like in a good author is not what he says, but what he whispers." - Logan Pearsall Smith

What I think Smith is saying here is that good authors will not blatantly write a straight forward piece. Instead, a good author will make it so the piece has many meanings. A good way of doing this is by using symbols, themes, and foreshadowing events throughout a novel. Sometimes the underlying meaning of a certain text can tell more about a certain book than the obvious. Also, more obscure novels leave readers with different opinions on what they feel the text is actually trying to reveal. This leads to a more interesting novel along with a good discussion about the text.