The English Pupil | Molly E. Rauch
In the following review, Rauch likens Barrett to a chemist with her "meticulous" prose and stories, such as "The English Pupil," permeated with science and discovery. Rauch also praises the author's talent to portray human frailty.
Molly E. Rauch
In the following review, Rauch likens Barrett to a chemist with her "meticulous" prose and stories, such as "The English Pupil," permeated with science and discovery. Rauch also praises the author's talent to portray human frailty.
Some of my favorite writers have also been scientists. Primo Levi, Vladimir Nabokov and William Carlos Williams are all excruciatingly alert to intricacy, as if the precision and patience of the scientific method had rewarded them with discovery. Andrea Barrett, author of The Forms of Water and The Middle...
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