Unlikable

Unlikable Protagonists and Morality in “The Easy Life” – Chicago Review of Books

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Unlikable Protagonists and Morality in “The Easy Life” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] “If you are squeamish don’t prod the beach rubble” is a line by Sappho* that serves as sound advice for the novels of Marguerite Duras. If you are squeamish, don’t crack the cover. There will be grief, there will be a threat of madness, there will be sensuality mottled with darkness, a family may … Read more

A Lovely, Unlikable Reflection in “Jerks” – Chicago Review of Books

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A Lovely, Unlikable Reflection in “Jerks” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] A cottage industry of likability discourse manifests with regularity, and Jerks, Sara Lippmann’s new collection of stories, will no doubt inspire a certain level of curiosity with the subject. The characters are not nice, they are not kind, they are not good people; they are, as the title suggests, jerks. That isn’t to say … Read more