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Title: Still in the Pupal Stage...
Review: These earlier, shorter stories are rather flat, and don't stand up to Tomine's later work, collected in "Summer Blonde." Tomine works best when he has the time and space allotted to really build his characters, and the short stories herein do not allow for it. As simply a portrait of a developing young artist, "Sleepwalk and Other Stories" is somewhat interesting, but certainly not a fully realized or especially enjoyable book.
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