... , a kind of storytelling that gained popularity in the early 1980s. Writers of minimalist fiction are generally said to have written about commonplace people and events using a plain writing style, simple diction or word choice, and a literal, straightforward, easy-to-understand tone. Cathedral is a famous example. The first sentence of the story, the narrator's statement that "this blind man, an old friend ... ...

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