The Margellos World Republic of Letters

Book Review: “France: Story of a Childhood” — A Timely Memoir of Liberation

September 28, 2016
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France: Story of a Childhood is half personal essay, half autobiographical novel.

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Book Review: “In Certain Circles” and “The Last Lover” — The Powerful and The Disappointing

September 22, 2014
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Elizabeth Harrower’s In Certain Circles is a stunning novel about class and marriage and power; Can Xue’s The Last Lover is a tedious surrealistic farce.

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