The Customs of the Country
Date of Review:
Feb.02.1997
Reviewer:
Malcolm Bradbury
Source:
The New York Times
Le Divorce … reminds us that even in our own day it remains, as Henry James said, a complex fate to be an American; that one of the difficulties Americanism still entails is taking up a superstitious valuation of Europe; and that it’s just as hard as ever to be truly cosmopolitan.
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About Diane
A two-time finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, Diane Johnson has drawn comparisons to Jane Austen and Edith Wharton with her comedies of manners about Americans living and loving abroad.
Johnson’s books include L’Affaire (2004...