Posted by Review-a-Day, October 13th, 2009 No CommentsFiled under:Review-a-Day. The Extreme of the Middle: Writings of Jack Tworkov by Jack Tworkov Reviewed by Barry SchwabskyThe Nation Almost any fable of the artist’s life could take its title from the novel about the life that Balzac wrote, and that stands as a model for the rest: Lost Illusions. Yet Balzac may have been too optimistic. Showing his would-be poet Lucien Chardon seduced by his social ambitions and undefended by any strength
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