Millions contributor Garth takes a “Second Glance” at Helen DeWitt’s The Last Samurai in the most recent installment of Open Letters Monthly. The Last Samurai landed on Garth’s “Year in Reading” list last year.
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By C. Max Magee posted at 10:29 am on March 1, 2008 1
at 7:20 am on March 4, 2008
An excellent piece of writing. I read this "cult classic" when it first came out in hardcover—I literally picked it for its cover and the synopsis on the dust jacket. Here's hoping an American publisher with some stones publishes her new novel.