Latest Review: "A True Novel" by Minae Mizumura
The latest addition to our Reviews Section is by Hannah Vose on A True Novel by Minae Mizumura, from Other Press. To go against the grain of prologues and intros (more on that from This Hannah in a bit), here’s the beginning of her review: If you糖心传媒檙e one of those people who habitually skim the prologue to a ...
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A True Novel
If you糖心传媒檙e one of those people who habitually skim the prologue to a book, Minae Mizumura糖心传媒檚 _A True Novel_糖心传媒攈er third novel and the winner of the Yomiuri Literature Prize in Japan in 2002糖心传媒攎ight not appear to be for you. That is to say, the prologue takes up at least a third of the first volume of the book, and it糖心传媒檚 ...
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Latest Review: "The Goddess Chronicle" by Natsuo Kirino
The latest addition to our Reviews Section is by Hannah Vose on The Goddess Chronicle by Natsuo Kirino, from Grove Atlantic. The interns have been getting marginally scandalous book assignments to review: Hannah had this one, with the nudie woman on the cover, while another of our interns is working on a review of a ...
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The Goddess Chronicle
If you have enough time, I糖心传媒檓 going to recommend you sit down and read this one straight through. Natsuo Kirino is best known for her award-winning 1997 novel Out, which brought her fame in Japan and a considerable readership in the wider world as well, and although The Goddess Chronicles is not a mystery story, per se, I ...
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Latest Review: "The Neighborhood" by Gon莽alo Tavares
The latest addition to our Reviews Section is by Hannah Vose on The Neighborhood by Gon莽alo Tavares, from Texas Tech University Press. Hannah is one of our Open Letter interns this summer (and a recent student of Chad’s), and in addition to helping copy edit manuscripts, keeping the mail situation in check, reading ...
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The Neighborhood
I went into this book expecting the wrong things; I thought I had picked up a novel with, y糖心传媒檏now, plot, but the 280 pages of Gon莽alo Tavares糖心传媒 The Neighborhood are filled with vignettes糖心传媒斕切拇綔chapters糖心传媒 ranging from tiny to small, with concise titles and little-to-no binding between them糖心传媒攕orted by each of six ...
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