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pedestrienne
pedestrienne rated it 10 years ago
I felt less engaged with this than with the other Shapton I just read, especially with the contrast between the opening quote and the written material. All the names are disorienting, at least until I decided to ignore them and focus on the little stories, and I did find the little stories to be gre...
pedestrienne
pedestrienne rated it 10 years ago
I felt less engaged with this than with the other Shapton I just read, especially with the contrast between the opening quote and the written material. All the names are disorienting, at least until I decided to ignore them and focus on the little stories, and I did find the little stories to be gre...
pedestrienne
pedestrienne rated it 10 years ago
Maira Kalman blurbed this - and then went on to co-write Why We Broke Up with Daniel Handler. COINCIDENCE? No. A definite inspiration. So spot on about relationship stuff. Although it depicts a certain type of relationship: british upperclass aesthetic, art-job having people, which is not my thing, ...
pedestrienne
pedestrienne rated it 10 years ago
Maira Kalman blurbed this - and then went on to co-write Why We Broke Up with Daniel Handler. COINCIDENCE? No. A definite inspiration. So spot on about relationship stuff. Although it depicts a certain type of relationship: british upperclass aesthetic, art-job having people, which is not my thing, ...
anadvornik
anadvornik rated it 16 years ago
What a neat way to tell a story! Still, I found myself wondering if I was overanalyzing and/or underanalyzing each item. Did it matter that Lenore met an ex-boyfriend for lunch? There were no other itemes pertaining to that day, no pictures of the ex, no gifts, etc. Was it just lunch? Did she e...
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