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Frabbled on Cold Mountain.(Commentary)(Op-Ed)

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From: The Washington Times
Date: 19980106
Author:Grenier, Richard

Think "Gone With the Wind." Think Margaret Mitchell. Okay, enough of that. Now think: "The Red Badge of Courage." Think Stephen Crane. Satisfied? Had enough? I'm doing my best here. All right, so think: "A Farewell to Arms." Think Ernest Hemingway.

And now for the big razzmatazz to which all the above is merely prelude. Think: "Cold Mountain." Think Charles Frazier. The names haven't had time to become mythic, you say. To which I answer Mythic-Shmythic. "Cold Mountain" is number one on everyone's bestseller list. It has half a million copies in print. It won the ...

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