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The Bratty Bystander

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Roiphe, K. (2012). The Bratty Bystander. In Roiphe, K. In Praise of Messy Lives: Essays. The Dial Press, pp. 81-85

(adj) having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters

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a culture more enamored of prurient gossip than of literature itself

on biographies of great writers

—p.81 by Katie Roiphe
notable
6 years, 7 months ago

a culture more enamored of prurient gossip than of literature itself

on biographies of great writers

—p.81 by Katie Roiphe
notable
6 years, 7 months ago
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[...] There is no poetry, no glory, in this story, no secret communion, no mystical collaboration, no intangible collusion, between father and daughter, only pointless, run-of-the-mill human suffering. Instead of the subtle literary pas de deux between Joyce and his daughter, the truth is more painful and nonsensical: a woman's life was wasted. [...]

on Joyce's daughter Lucia, who was institutionalised for most of her life

—p.84 by Katie Roiphe 6 years, 7 months ago

[...] There is no poetry, no glory, in this story, no secret communion, no mystical collaboration, no intangible collusion, between father and daughter, only pointless, run-of-the-mill human suffering. Instead of the subtle literary pas de deux between Joyce and his daughter, the truth is more painful and nonsensical: a woman's life was wasted. [...]

on Joyce's daughter Lucia, who was institutionalised for most of her life

—p.84 by Katie Roiphe 6 years, 7 months ago