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Day by Michael Cunningham

November 21, 2023

day

A single day revisited for three years is the scaffolding that supports Michael Cunningham’s new novel, Day. The years are significant as they bracket the pandemic and lockdown, but this is not a ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, contemporary life, literary

A Wild Swan: And Other Tales

November 30, 2015

a wild swan

When I think of Michael Cunningham many things about his writing come to mind: poetic, compelling… so many adjectives, and yet funny is not among them. Not that he is dark or his writing is without ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: fairy tales, Farrar Straus Giroux, literary, retellings, short stories

The Snow Queen

May 14, 2014

snow queen

  People are more than you think they are. And they’re less, as well. The trick lies in negotiating your way between the two. Michael Cunningham’s new novel, The Snow Queen: A Novel, has an ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, contemporary fiction, fairy tales, Farrar Straus Giroux, literary

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