Title: Exquisite Melancholy
Review: Whitney Otto writes (in her usual wonderful prose) a tale of the late twentieth century's "lost generation." Using a storeline loosely inspired by a series of Japanese prints of beautiful courtesans, Otto writes of a group of intelligent young women struggling for purpose and love in 1980's San Francisco. Her observations on friendship vs. love, ambition vs. worth, art vs. celebrity, and youth vs. age are all dead-on and often gently humorous. My only complaint is the over-all tone of melancholy, but perhaps that is how many clear-sighted people perceive modern life.
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