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The End of The Novel of Love
by Vivian Gornick
March 14, 2025 - March 14, 2025 (read, literary-criticism, women-and-their-dilemmas)

Gornick, V. (2020). The End of The Novel of Love. Picador.


Picador, 2020. 176 pages. Paperback. 9780374538262

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p.61
neurasthenia »
(noun) a psychological disorder marked especially…
p.163
the exact metaphor is writer's gold
In great novels we always feel that the writer, a…
p.161
the one who does the supporting
A couple of years ago, at dinner with a couple I'…
p.158
today, there are no penalties to pay
[...] When Emma Bovary was loosening her stays wi…
p.156
I have arrived at the age of grief
The genius of the narrative lies in the desperate…
p.148
at the heart of their work lies a keen regret
The despair of these writers can never be as movi…