Reviews for Barbed wit & malicious humor

The average rating for Barbed wit & malicious humor based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2009-03-18 00:00:00 Trevor Bates Uma fraca antologia. Notam-se as amizades e preferências pessoais de Breton, o que em certa medida é compreensível, mas fica-se com a ideia de que Breton não sabia ao certo o que é isso do «humor negro». Não se compreende, por exemplo, como pôde, num livro editado e reeditado nestas datas, excluir Céline e, no entanto, acrescentar autores e excertos que, enfim... E talvez devesse ter perdido menos espaço com bazófias e alarvidades à la Freud e dedicado esse espaço a excertos mais explícitos e menos truncados. Não leva duas estrelas por respeito a alguns bons escritores incluídos na antologia.

Review # 2 was written on 2010-02-26 00:00:00 Donald Tomlinson Wildly uninteresting and borderline bad, but not for a lack of trying. I've always found Breton, after his initial refreshing gasps as kind of a mediocre dude. His flailing attempt at compiling the anthology in question is appreciated but it falls flat because it is patchwork and of dubious worth as far as representing its subject. Some inclusions are nice (Poe, de Quincey, Lautreamont) and you'll probably pick up a few new names to chase (Corbiere, for me, when I first read this years ago), but overall the slice-and-dice style of the inclusions and Breton's beautifully written but insipid introductions make the whole thing seem kind of flaccid.