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“Rosa was a perfect example of an only child, thought Claire – she behaved herself, but it was because she was always on the stage and the lights were always up. “

smiley2If you were a novelist, what compliment would you most like to see in a review of your work?  A comparison to Tolstoy, perhaps? That compliment was in fact given in the British newspaper, the Guardian, in a review of Jane Smiley’s novel Early Warnings, the second … Read More

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Author Kate StoverPosted on July 28, 2016Categories fictionTags America's Tolstoy, Early Warnings, humanity, Jane Smiley, large cast of characters, Leo Tolstoy, Pulitzer Prize winnerLeave a comment on “Rosa was a perfect example of an only child, thought Claire – she behaved herself, but it was because she was always on the stage and the lights were always up. “
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