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- Jenny Davidson
- I have published four novels and four books of literary criticism; I'm currently at work on a book called FOR THE LOVE OF BROKEN THINGS: MY FATHER, EDWARD GIBBON AND THE RUINS OF ROME. I teach in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University.
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- His rocking horse is making excellent progress
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I had the same fascinated reaction when I first heard about this book, a feeling the Sun review only strengthened. This line from Simonov was breathtaking in its casual horror: "'Perhaps I thought, "You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs,"' he later wrote. 'It was rare to have a conversation without recourse to that phrase.'"
ReplyDeleteIt reminds me of the second volume of Richard Evans's history of the Third Reich, The Third Reich in Power: some of the most striking passages were about the way Nazism deformed language and private life.
This book sounds amazing - the last thing I need is another one but I really want it as well.
ReplyDeleteI kept thinking of current conditions in America today...the beginning of a slippery slope.
thanks for linking to it!
Colleen