A 19th-Century Turn
Date of Review:
Mar.11.2007
Reviewer:
Geoffrey Wolff
Source:
The New York Times Review of Books
It perhaps strikes anyone who has read an ambitious historical novel — and certainly strikes anyone who has had the audacity to try to write one — that the enterprise represents the triumph of hope over experience, a suspension of hard-won, armoring caution, a Peter-Pannish faith in ... well, faith.
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Heyday
About Kurt
Kurt Andersen is author of the critically acclaimed bestselling novels Turn of the Century, (a New York Times Notable Book of the Year) and Heyday. In addition, he is host and co-creator of the Peabody Award-winning public radio show Studio 360, writes a...
Causes Kurt Andersen Supports
1. Conservation International
2. Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum
3. Pratt Institute.