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Guests | October 15, 2009

Michelle Wildgen: IMG A Few Initial and Not-Comprehensive Meditations on Group Novels



I am a sucker for a book about a group. What reminded me of this was Joanna Smith Rakoff's A Fortunate Age, her homage to Mary McCarthy's endlessly re-readable... Continue »

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Erin Wolverton has commented on (3) products.

For the Time Being by Annie Dillard
For the Time Being

Erin Wolverton, February 9, 2007

A dense but amazing read. Even if the ideas don't penetrate for you, the images will.
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The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next #01) by Jasper Fforde
The Eyre Affair  (Thursday Next #01)

Erin Wolverton, February 9, 2007

The first in an amazingly innovative series, about a hard-nosed lady detective in a world where an assault on literature is criminal. If only!
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The Namesake: A Novel by Jhumpa Lahiri
The Namesake: A Novel

Erin Wolverton, February 9, 2007

Jhumpa Lahiri's prose is like poetry. She takes a fairly standard "coming-of-age in a bi-cultural environment" story and drenches it with shade and beauty.
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