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Brian Budzynski earned his MFA from Roosevelt University, where he received the university's thesis award. He has worked for Dalkey Archive Press, Fiction Collective 2, Other Voices, American Book Review, and Review of Contemporary Fiction. For the past 20 years, he has worked as a writer and editor in various capacities. He lives in Illinois. ...more

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Brian Budzynski rated a book liked it Double Vision by Pat Barker	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Thematically sound and very literary, in the sense it is concerned with big themes of loss, reconciliation/lack of/refusal of, and identity in the wake of tragedy. And the writing was also sound, as it always is with Barker. But I came back day by da ...more
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UPDATE: I tried this not long ago and it didn't connect, but I suspected, even then, that it was a case of 'it's me, not you.' And after recently enjoying 'A Farewell to Arms' more than I expected, I went back again, and found that this holds up rema ...more
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I really wish I could give this a stronger rating, as it was written with a great deal of deliberation, but this story lost me at pg 134 and I never fully recovered. The purposeful vagary that permeates the novel was often used to good effect; but th ...more
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