Books by Helen Dewitt, Ernest Riera Arbussà, Franklin & Siegal Associates INC.
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The Last Samurai
Best fiction of 2016
(2016-11-25)
Helen DeWitt, The Last Samurai . Review here . Strictly speaking, this is a reissue of an earlier published but neglected work. Maniacal, intense, super-smart, about a mother bringing up a prodigy.
What I’ve been reading
(2016-08-04)
5. Helen DeWitt, The Last Samurai . First published in 2000 to strong critical acclaim, the publisher ended up going bankrupt and this more or less fell off the map, until its recent reissue. If I count it as a new edition, it is my favorite fiction book of the year so far. I don’t think all parts of the novel work equally well, but the best parts are superb and most of all it is a book written for smart people . Even before finishing, I went and ordered everything else she has done . That ...