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Notes on “Olive Kitteridge”

March 5, 2020March 25, 2020 susanbassmarcus1

Although the works are not analogous, Elizabeth Strout’s Olive Kitteridge reminds me of Edgar Lee Master’s Spoon River Anthology. Both works survey and reveal the heart of a community and the relationships of its inhabitants. Strout experiments successfully with multiple … Continue reading Notes on “Olive Kitteridge”

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Notes on “Station Eleven”

March 2, 2020March 2, 2020 susanbassmarcus1

  Plenty of reviews favor Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven, an apocalyptic novel whose narrative kills off 99% of humanity in a contemporary 21st century setting. I picked it up to read in tandem with Good Morning, Midnight by … Continue reading Notes on “Station Eleven”

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Escape From Planet Earth?

September 10, 2019August 26, 2019 susanbassmarcus1

The Dilemma: should I pick up the paperback of Rutherford’s The Forest that I started a a while ago? I’d placed the bookmark at the end of a chapter and put the book down just as the narrative was plunging me into … Continue reading Escape From Planet Earth?

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