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Alright, I've read it now. And I thoroughly enjoyed it. I feel that Nicole Krauss actually has a better grasp of children and adolescents than does Jonathan Safran Foer, evident in that Alma was a much more realistic portrayal than Foer's child in Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. And in many ways, I feel she writes with greater skill about interpersonal relationships and understanding. I was particularly struck by a passage in which one young man who fancies himself a writer reads the book written by his closest friend. Before reading the book, he had thought that the two of them were alike-- two young men who played at being writers, who shared similar talents, similar thoughts, similar feelings. Upon reading the book, he suddenly discovers how false that sense of sameness had been. He is struck by the genius of his friend's words, his emotional response is less jealousy, less shame at has own inferior talent, and more awe of the vast differences between the two of them that he never knew existed before. I had to call a friend of mine and read this passage to him after I read it, and I went on to recommend it to one of my professors. In this moment, I felt no desire to "explore the differences between Krauss and Foer". I didn't need to think about who had written this passage, only to think that it was wonderful, that I was glad I'd happened across it.

2023-02-04 04:49