Parul Sehgal: An ode to envy
Parul Sehgal: Ode all'invidia
Parul Sehgal is an editor for "The New York Times Book Review." Full bio
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e mi misi in agguato nel bagno delle ragazze.
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Sappiamo che ne soffrono molto gli uccellini azzurri.
"Alla Ricerca del Tempo Perduto",
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che Swann identifica nella sua amante,
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che questi comportamenti siano ripugnanti,
quando non sono sicuri,
ma non lo sopporta.
e impressiona tutti con la sua soluzione,
in cui vediamo Sherlock Holmes commosso
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Parul Sehgal - Literary criticParul Sehgal is an editor for "The New York Times Book Review."
Why you should listen
"No scorn, no condescension. We read first for distraction then consolation then for company. And finally to be worthy of the company we kept," writes literary critic Parul Sehgal, whose reviews are as delicious and delightful as the books themselves. Sehgal is an editor at The New York Times Book Review. Previously the Books Editor at NPR.org and the Senior Editor at Publisher's Weekly, Sehgal is the recipient of the 2010 Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing and the 2008 Pan African Literary Forum’s OneWorld Prize for fiction. She lives in New York City.
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