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The Nearest Thing to Life, by James Wood

merixien's review against another edition

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5.0

James Wood ile kurgu bir kitabıyla tanışmış biri olarak, bu kitabı okuduktan sonraki görüşüm: James Wood sadece eleştiri yazsın, hep yazsın.

fluentinsilence's review against another edition

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4.0

http://winterlief.blogspot.nl/2015/08/tintelingen.html

jaclyn_youngblood's review against another edition

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5.0

I'm certain it helped that I heard Wood give a reading of the first part of the fourth chapter. I had his wonderfully lyrical voice, his lilting cadence, to accompany the experience of consuming his words on my own. I loved homelooseness, afterwardness, vignettes into Wood's life, and becoming familiar with his style of literary criticism. With books like these, I often find myself wanting to have a discussion with John, to hear his perspective.

dan13dean's review

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informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

selininal's review against another edition

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informative slow-paced

4.25

strickvl's review

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3.0

3.5 stars. Not the ideal entry point into James Wood's work, but nevertheless a useful collection of reflections on the value of fiction -- in general and in terms of Wood's own lived experience.
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