The Story of a New Name

The Story of a New Name

2012 • 471 pages

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Average rating4.5

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Has all the chef's kiss elements of #1 - structurationist articulation of social dynamics, the interchanging roles of the brilliant friend, the beats of pure alienation that make you feel like you've been hit by a truck - but falters in 2 ways: seminal moments from #1 are reopened from their packaging unnecessarily in ways that diminish the source, the diary format is unconvincing and a tad too omniscient

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