http://calitreview.com/3047 Book reviews, essays, and author interviews. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:21:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://calitreview.com/3047/comment-page-1#comment-50462 Tom Putnam Thu, 07 May 2009 17:39:38 +0000 http://calitreview.com/?p=3047#comment-50462 Much sorrow surrounds Alzheimer's, and much that is written about the disease is bound to be maudlin. Kessler intensifies the sorrow by giving it a sting of surprise. His personal narrative with its dizzying swoops of time and tone, its cultural perceptions, leads the reader to see, startlingly (to quote the final moving sentence): "The poor thing ... lost, wandering in the dark forest of Alzheimer's." (The epigraph was suggestive—and leave it to Kessler to provide a link to Will. That's just another pleasing aspect of his writing: that it always seems to link present difficulties with old wisdoms.) Much sorrow surrounds Alzheimer’s, and much that is written about the disease is bound to be maudlin. Kessler intensifies the sorrow by giving it a sting of surprise. His personal narrative with its dizzying swoops of time and tone, its cultural perceptions, leads the reader to see, startlingly (to quote the final moving sentence): “The poor thing … lost, wandering in the dark forest of Alzheimer’s.” (The epigraph was suggestive—and leave it to Kessler to provide a link to Will. That’s just another pleasing aspect of his writing: that it always seems to link present difficulties with old wisdoms.)

]]> http://calitreview.com/3047/comment-page-1#comment-49555 Sheila Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:17:19 +0000 http://calitreview.com/?p=3047#comment-49555 Marvelous and well-told. Thanks. Marvelous and well-told. Thanks.

]]> http://calitreview.com/3047/comment-page-1#comment-48988 Susan Rosenberg Thu, 23 Apr 2009 04:50:07 +0000 http://calitreview.com/?p=3047#comment-48988 A well told tale of love and sorrow A well told tale of love and sorrow

]]> http://calitreview.com/3047/comment-page-1#comment-48961 elena allen Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:48:26 +0000 http://calitreview.com/?p=3047#comment-48961 You've outdone yourself! CONGRATULATIONS You’ve outdone yourself! CONGRATULATIONS

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