Books by Ann Beattie
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review 1: When it's every writer's dream to get at least one short story published in the New Yorker in their lifetime, it would've been kind of deja vu for Ann Beattie. How could someone write in such detail the mundane things of life without making the readers lose their attention? The b...
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review 1: Despite its critical acclaim, I found this novel--if you can even call it that--to be disappointing on all fronts. It is choppy and seems hacked together. The characters are vague sketches of people who the author seems incapable of making seem realistic or engaging, the relatio...
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review 1: I was introduced to Ann Beattie in a literature class. I was initially annoyed at the introduction because I have never felt connected to short fiction and have always preferred novels. However, I found myself feeling very passionate about the one story I read of Beattie's and ...
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review 1: This book has no plot. Nothing of value is ever learned. The title 'Walks with men' would suggest we will learn something about men and their behaviour but nothing of this sort happens. Some reviews suggested it reveals the human psyche/nature/something but if there was such a po...