![]() ![]() His nimble reporting and analysis enrich our understanding of DeWitt's achievement while sketching a fascinating and cautionary portrait of the US publishing world." - Heather Cass White, Times Literary Supplement "Konstantinou interweaves the saga of the novel's trips in and out of print with his persuasive reading of it as an allegory for its own creation. ![]() Konstantinou, so instructive on the scope and methods of that pursuit, rather underestimates the faith DeWitt is prepared to put in the gentle art of understatement." - David Trotter, London Review of Books This is an encyclopedic novel that contrives to catch its own steroid-enhanced pursuit of ‘the world’s knowledge’ significantly off-balance, and so imagine a very different future for its hero and heroine. (.) But what’s ultimately most compelling about The Last Samurai is its nascent anti-evangelism. "Lee Konstantinou’s astute and sympathetic ‘rereading’ confirms this incremental canonisation. ![]() General information | review summaries | our review | links | about the authorī : a useful companion volume to the novel Trying to meet all your book preview and review needs. The Last Samurai Reread - Lee Konstantinou ![]()
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