Finding Hope After Tragedy in “The Splendid Ticket” – Chicago Review of Books

Finding Hope After Tragedy in “The Splendid Ticket” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] It’s a fantasy we’ve all imagined—winning the lottery. Most of us know exactly which debts we’d pay off first, what we’d buy, and who we’d help out if we found ourselves instant millionaires. But we’ve also heard story after story of a winning gone wrong—cautionary tales that highlight humanity’s greed. How money can make … Read more

Exploring Where the Novel Ends and the Person Begins in “A Splendid Intelligence” – Chicago Review of Books

Exploring Where the Novel Ends and the Person Begins in “A Splendid Intelligence” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] Cathy Curtis’s subject in A Splendid Intelligence: the Life of Elizabeth Hardwick is mighty. A writer whose career spanned decades—a ‘literary lion’. It is a chronological account of the writer’s life. The first couple of chapters trace Hardwick’s origins. It draws a portrait of a young Elizabeth whose “bookish tastes made her an anomaly … Read more