Amy Tan (bloom's Modern Critical Views) With the publication of her first novel, The Joy Luck Club, in 1989, Amy Tan was immediately recognized as a major contemporary novelist. Her work has received a great deal of attention and acclaim from feminist critics for its focus on issues of [... more]
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Catch-22 (Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations) This is my most favorite book: I read Catch-22 in my first semester of college in '91. What inspired me was a "Life in Hell" cartoon by Matt Groening about the stages of growing up. There's one frame captioned, "realizing that everything [... more]
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Ray Bradbury (Bloom's Modern Critical Views) Narrow focus, remarkably little insight: From Harold Bloom's Modern Critical Views series, this book collects critical essays discussing one of America's most unique storytellers, sci-fi/fantasy writer Ray Bradbury. Although one applauds Bloom's acumen [... more]
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