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Kevin Barry Reads V. S. Pritchett

The New Yorker: Fiction

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The Man Who Is Beautiful - A Novel Review

When she believes william's wife to be beautiful, she is beautiful. When she sees the reality that she may not be quite beautiful, she fails in herself and in her perception of herself. She is so uncertain, and she is making her way in the world on very teetering tottering steps. I mean, its it's fascinating to think about what happens in that moment when she realizes that william has lied about his wife's beauty. Somehow it gives her a sense of worth. Ye im, i'm i was amazed at how little we get of mister cork in the actual line and in the rhythm of the piece but how much of him actually starts to come true

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