5/9/2023 0 Comments The outrun book review![]() On the contrary, it’s usually the women I usually find more interesting, but not in that particular case. men go to war and are therefore interesting, while women drink and sleep around and are therefore dull. However, Ariel Gore’s Atlas of the Human Heartinfuriated me, and I don’t think it was because of a gender division of the topics addressed, i.e. ![]() ![]() So it’s a bit hit and miss whether I will enjoy reading one or not.įor instance, Romain Gary’s pseudo-memoir La promesse de l’aube was wonderful, even when I could see the ways in which the author was manipulating our emotions and exaggerating some scenes (or perhaps fictionalising them) for the maximum benefit and enjoyment of us readers. Unless it’s a thoughtful autobiography of an artist or writer whom I admire, and therefore at least partly about the struggle of creativity, it just feels too self-indulgent or egocentric a project. Memoir is a genre that is not immediately appealing to me. ![]()
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