Wow

Our short list was pretty much split evenly along gender lines. But as we went through each category, a pattern emerged. Some books, it seemed, were "ambitious." Others were well-wrought, but somehow . . . "small." "Domestic." "Unam --" what's the word? "-- bititous."and laterBut, incredulous, again and again, I watched as we pushed aside works that everyone acknowledged were more finely wrought,