by Francine Prose
Three stars is maybe a little harsh, but half-stars aren't an option here and as the second half of the book (focusing on the play and movie versions, including all the backstabbing and intrigue involved) gets muddled and bogged down, I can't quite bring myself to give it four stars.Prose shines in ...
I’m taking a class on legal issues in publishing. We talk about things like copyright law, libel law, and defamation. It’s not terribly exciting. In fact, it’s terribly unexciting. For one of our class projects about censorship, though, we have to prepare a presentation on banned books. My book? Ann...
What is it about Anne Frank? Why is her diary still read, nay, almost worshipped today?Francine Prose answers this question to the best of her ability, which is a large pretty large ability.Prose is not a hero worshipper, and she is not a, at least wholly, a myth despeller. Her book chronicles Ann...
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