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“ABOUT SENTIMENTALITY IN LITERATURE:
"Sentimental fiction is a kind of pablum: Excessive amounts can spoil the appetite for reality, or at least for more fibrous forms of art. One reason, surely, why readers throw down books when they don't contain sufficiently "likable" characters is that their tolerance for any sort of moral challenge - for being asked, say, to sympathize with homeless little boys who are godless and truculent and a bit smelling - has been eroded by too many fairy tales masquerading as adult literature."~ wrote Zoe Heller for Bookends in the Sunday's NY Times Book Review interview”
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"Sentimental fiction is a kind of pablum: Excessive amounts can spoil the appetite for reality, or at least for more fibrous forms of art. One reason, surely, why readers throw down books when they don't contain sufficiently "likable" characters is that their tolerance for any sort of moral challenge - for being asked, say, to sympathize with homeless little boys who are godless and truculent and a bit smelling - has been eroded by too many fairy tales masquerading as adult literature."~ wrote Zoe Heller for Bookends in the Sunday's NY Times Book Review interview”
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“Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?”
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with your one wild and precious life?”
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Ann’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Ann’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1,002 books
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35 friends
1,387 books
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24 friends
181 books
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25 friends
573 books
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135 friends
235 books
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6 friends
22 books
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4,999 friends
244 books
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29 friends
25 books
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147 friends
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