Reviews for Fictions Of Childhood

The average rating for Fictions Of Childhood based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-08-16 00:00:00 Thomas Walter One of the most boring critical studies I have ever read. So disengaging, enough so that I had to abandon my typical thorough reading and instead resort to briefly skimming through the pages. How such an interesting and engaging writer such as Ernaux herself might have spawned such an unfeeling, dead and dreadful review of her work is puzzling to me. A terrible disappointment for a great writer who deserves much better from her peers.

Review # 2 was written on 2020-03-24 00:00:00 Warren Bonner Never read a literary criticism like this. Reading Bachelard's New Scientific Spirit a long time back, and then knowing more about his adventures in philosophy and arts, I have always wondered what a uniquely enlightening soul he was. His theory of time and theory of art were uniquely in concert with his theory of epistemological rupture. I picked this one up to see how he interweaves his theory of poetry into his beloved bigger picture. Had I read Lautreamont's Maldoror, I would have appreciated it more. It was still a very engaging read but I had to skim parts of it, only to come back later when I read Lautreamont's poems.