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I think Bourdieu's genius is held back by certain aspects of French culture. High-brow French thinkers exist in a rarified world where cultural production is so sophisticated that its personal (as opposed to theoretical) effects and purposes are almo
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Wouk is another of those mid century middlebrow right-leaning novelists I’ve only lately come to appreciate, and if you like that sort of thing, this is the sort of thing you will like (although I’d still say Cozzens is the best in this line). This bo ...more |
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"The first part of the book was mysterious and promising. Some very memorable imagery. Buuuut the more you learned the less interesting things became and also so boring. I’m sorry Mr. Gogol, probably I just didn’t get it."
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| It is interesting to imagine how the Nazi regime would have developed, had Hitler got everything he wanted, and I don't think Harris is far off, but otherwise this thriller didn't really grab me. | |
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| His repetitive superficial ironies grate, and he's as incapable of sustained dramatic momentum as the Spenser he parodies, but he can produce a wild and charming fantasy of domestic and fairy-tale life intermingled. | |
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