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"“There was so much space. That's what wealth is, he realized: to live in a house where all the tools of living are out of sight.”
This kind of insight—the precision of it, the sensitivity that affords it, the economical way of expressing it—is where I think I see the greatest difference in Vuong’s prose from “OEWBG” to “Emperor of Gladness.” He’s always looked closely, but here he’s zoomed out." — 7 hours, 56 min ago
"“There was so much space. That's what wealth is, he realized: to live in a house where all the tools of living are out of sight.”
This kind of insight—the precision of it, the sensitivity that affords it, the economical way of expressing it—is where I think I see the greatest difference in Vuong’s prose from “OEWBG” to “Emperor of Gladness.” He’s always looked closely, but here he’s zoomed out." — 7 hours, 56 min ago
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