I don't know - is everything the U.S. does a shocking embarrassment? Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes embarrassment shock
Novelists of a conservative or more purely aesthetic bent hold up better on the surface, but their novels go in and out of fashion according to relevance or irrelevance. Jane Smiley aestheticbendconservative Change image and share on social
Somehow, knowing that Alzheimer's is coming mocks all one's aspirations - to tell stories, to think through certain issues as only a novel can do, to be recognised for one's accomplishments and hard work - in a way that old familiar death does not. Jane Smiley accomplishmentalzheimeraspiration share on social
'The Good Soldier' is an odd and maybe even unique book. That it is a masterpiece, almost a perfect novel, comes as a repeated surprise even to readers who have read it before. Jane Smiley bookgoodmasterpiece Change image and share on social
I'm not sure that I am able to feel embarrassment. Beth Ditto embarrassmentfeel Change image and share on social
The cruel ambush of 9/11 supposedly 'changed everything,' slapping us back to reality. Yet we are constantly shocked, shocked by the foreseeable. Frank Rich ambushbackchange Change image and share on social
