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Gustave Flaubert
May 23, 2018
Jeet Heer
Philip Roth, the Mandarin Joker
The author blazed a new path for the novel by combining an unbridled, inimitable vernacular with the great themes of postwar American life.
April 26, 2016
Jeffrey Zuckerman
The Metamorphoses of Marie NDiaye
In “Ladivine,” the French writer promises a perfect psychological novel—before blazing a new path entirely.
December 12, 2014
James Wood
How Flaubert Changed Literature Forever
May 8, 2014
Christopher Benfey
Gustave Flaubert Was Not A Realist
April 7, 2014
Chloe Schama
Lydia Davis Is the Perfect Writer for the Twitter Era
December 12, 2013
Joseph Frank
Gustave Flaubert Is Still An Enigma
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