All posts by Andrea Scrima

February 16th, 2012

Helen DeWitt’s Lightning Rods

Today in book review, Andrea Scrima reviews Helen DeWitt’s amazing new satirical novel, Lightning Rods. Read the review.

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February 16th, 2012

A Preposterous Proposal, But No, Not Quite

Helen DeWitt’s satirical novel Lightning Rods turns the quotidian American workplace into a cloaked prostitution ring and makes us wonder if it isn’t already one. …more

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November 16th, 2010

Tales of Woe

Tales of Woe descends from one circle of hell to the next, an act of sabotage against the Hollywood narrative of sin, suffering, and redemption. …more

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September 20th, 2010

Something That Can Never Be Said with Words

The darkness in Jon Fosse’s work is that of human consciousness confronted with mortality. Yet his characters seem to radiate with a luminous urgency. …more

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September 16th, 2010

Celebration and Bitterness, Comfort and Dread

In Please Come Back to Me, Jessica Treadway examines the ambiguities of the human heart, sometimes answering life’s dilemma’s too elegantly. …more

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Andrea Scrima is the author of A Lesser Day (Spuyten Duyvil Press, 2010). She lives in Berlin.

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