With this book Wolitzer has surpassed herself.The New York Times Book Review 'A victory. (Disclosure: I founded the Chicago Review of Books in 2016, but stepped back from an editorial role in 2019. Named a best book of the year by Entertainment Weekly, Time, and The Chicago Tribune, and named a notable book by The New York Times Book Review and The Washington Post Remarkable. Ringer’s perspective on Lean Fall Stand is full of unique insights and emotional power.

Even though one of the couples is relatively famous and. Some may not like it because it is driven mostly by character. Some of the best reviews are the product of a critic who brings personal experience into their analysis of the book at hand. All in all, The Interestings is an ambitious and interesting book. Meg Ringer on Jon McGregor’s Lean Fall Stand ( Chicago Review of Books ) In this way, Wharton’s Ghosts can be read and interpreted in concert with many of her better-known works, including novels like The House of Mirth and The Age of Innocence, which tell stories of everyday human malice.” But for each of these paranormal threats there is an equally normal, equally mundane, and equally human villain attached to the story. “Here are ‘fetches’ (ominous doppelgangers) of Celtic superstition, zombie mistresses rising from the grave, and ghost dogs, even. It does not much concern itself with action or a linear plot, but rather tells of particular moments and events in the lives of the six close friends. It is not even an issue of computing power as much as one of the complexity of our neural network. The Interestings is an introspective book. He illustrates how the brain is still so difficult to match with technology. Sheila Liming on Edith Wharton’s Ghosts ( Cleveland Review of Books )Įvery editor’s dream assignment is a critic with deep subject matter expertise, and you can’t beat Liming-author of What A Library Means to A Woman: Edith Wharton and the Will to Collect Books-writing about Wharton’s ghost stories. Dehaene makes an interesting critique of the constant comparison between the human mind and artificial intelligence.

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