| On Beauty by Zadie Smith, 442 pages Jonathan Misirian 21 November 2005 Why do authors of modern novels feel the need to end the story w/o resolution? Smith writes a compelling story of the lives of the Besley family, set in a fictional uppity East-Coast university town. Smith’s writing talent is evident, the dialogue is natural, but the resolution leaves me empty. | Neither Right Nor Left by Zeev Sternhill, 379 pages James Donahue 27 November 2002 Traces the French roots of fascism to demostrate the popular support for Vichy. |
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Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, 193 pages Kristin Schrock 04 March 2002 The dialect is hard to plow through, but the prose is lovely and powerful. |