Review of The Wife (2017) by Kimberley Jones for Austin Chronicle — 05 Sep 2018
What is lost in translation from Wolitzer’s novel is her particular vision of Joe – short, Brooklyn-born, Jewish – and her sidelong portrait of midcentury men of letters like Bellow and Roth. The Welsh-born Pryce makes a halfhearted swipe at mimicking an Outer Boroughs accent; he’s better at capturing Joe’s gluttony and overgrown-child sulks.
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This review of The Wife (2017) was written by Kimberley Jones and published by Austin Chronicle on 05 Sep 2018.
The Wife has generally received positive reviews.
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