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Contemporary, grave, classical in form and spare.
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- resolvedopen-ended
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About the book
- Author
- Peter Mendelsund
- First published
- 2021
- Pages
- 304
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Picador
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781250829610
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