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June 28, 2008

Harsh book review? Yikes!

On David Rieff's book about his mother's death:

What might have been an affecting narrative of a highly intelligent woman's decline and death is buried beneath layers of noisy subjective assertion.

Clearly, Rieff wants to be a great writer, not just a peddler of reportage. Signs of this anxiety are everywhere.

Posted by CrankyProfessor at June 28, 2008 10:36 AM

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