“ boisterous, exuberant return of the male gaze to those literary precincts from which it has been excluded for some time”
Man my eyes glazed over instantly. TMR back to its beginning.
Can’t even follow the logic of the bit about how these “shibboleths” are important to “add[] force” to narratives. They exist because they’re easy and familiar and make common reference points. And the ways this novel sounds like a throwback make the presence of all the stereotypes make a kind of sense. But the review fails at selling this as important, or significant, in any larger context than “enjoyable, if you are of a certain age, and inscrutable as entertainment if not”
This new novel seems to be an echo of The Sun Also Rises, and also Bright Lights Big City -- rather than being unprecedented or existing in a vacuum or being sui generis.
if we read books by ourselves, why do books need to appeal to many audiences? as long as the one-person reading the book enjoys it isn't that enough? and they can write different books for each different audience; just like each christian has their own sect of protestantism
“ boisterous, exuberant return of the male gaze to those literary precincts from which it has been excluded for some time”
Man my eyes glazed over instantly. TMR back to its beginning.
Can’t even follow the logic of the bit about how these “shibboleths” are important to “add[] force” to narratives. They exist because they’re easy and familiar and make common reference points. And the ways this novel sounds like a throwback make the presence of all the stereotypes make a kind of sense. But the review fails at selling this as important, or significant, in any larger context than “enjoyable, if you are of a certain age, and inscrutable as entertainment if not”
This new novel seems to be an echo of The Sun Also Rises, and also Bright Lights Big City -- rather than being unprecedented or existing in a vacuum or being sui generis.
if we read books by ourselves, why do books need to appeal to many audiences? as long as the one-person reading the book enjoys it isn't that enough? and they can write different books for each different audience; just like each christian has their own sect of protestantism
Luckily as a female I can ignore him.
I think you should give VILE SELF PORTRAITS a read. I will send you a free paperback. My only promise is—it’s not drivel.