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Title: Dreary and misanthropic
Review: I have to admit that after reading this book I asked myself what might have happened to E. Annie Proulx between the time she wrote the wonderful, life-affirming "Shipping News" and the relentlessly dark "Accordian Crimes." Did some disaster befall her to change her view of the world and humanity?In "Shipping News" we met all kinds of people, both good and bad--some good but full of human foibles, some not so likable. They hurt each other; they make true human connections. Not so for most of the characters in "Accordian Crimes."Though of course to some extent the American Dream is a myth, I believe the true story of American immigration is much more complex and varied than the ugly tale that Proulx tells in "Accordian Crimes."I just read the positive review of Proulx's new book of short stories in The Washington Post. I think I'll wait and get the book out of the library rather than spend my money until I find out which Annie Proulx wrote this one.
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