There's an American sports journalist (? commentator?) called Warner Wolf, and one of his catchphrases was "let's go to the video tape." It came to mind while I was reading this rather good novel by the late Anita Shreve. The novel is told in mosaic format - chapters told by characters (central and peripheral) before,... Continue Reading →
Book Review: Alison Lurie’s “Foreign Affairs”
Alison Lurie, I've read a bunch of books and feel that I can mention that there are common themes and methods. Her books tend to involve "smart" people, (or at least people with lots of cultural capital, especially around English Literature,) who think that they know themselves very well. Thanks to their knowledge of narratives,... Continue Reading →