Mentions of Diamond Rings in Novels
I have long maintained that diamonds play a central role in society and are thoroughly entrenched in popular culture. Those who think that diamonds have had their day have nothing else to replace them with. To the writer of fiction the diamond can signify many things. Coercion, bribery, generosity, gullibility, romance, kindness, crime, furtiveness, shock, confusion, extravagance, tackiness, style, lack of style, so many things can be implied in the same sentence where a diamond ring is featured. Just take a look at these sentences and see what I mean. There are some real interesting ones here. Before I jump into the compilation (that took me all morning to put together and format below) just let me put in a plug for the best places to buy diamond rings which took me a heck of a lot longer to put together. Anyway, here is what I had time to put together today as far as mentions of diamond rings in fiction: The Tattooist of Auschwitz Bonnier Publishin...