Chris F. Westbury
Auteur de The Bride Stripped Bare By Her Bachelors, Even: A Novel
Œuvres de Chris F. Westbury
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The Bride Stripped Bare By Her Bachelors, Even: A… par Chris F. Westbury
I very much enjoyed this read. Two obsessive-compulsive friends take a road trip from Boston to Philadelphia accompanied by their Jewish-Japanese friend because she has a license to drive. I very much recommend it.
The main character has OCD and is friends belongs to a support group. With one OCD friend, and a new non OCD friend, they all set off in a road trip to pick up a chocolate grinder that has been made a close to as possible as the chocolate grinder in Marcel Duchamp's The Bride Stripped Bare by her Bachelors or the Broken Glass. There were some really excellent ideas explored in this book by the characters. I especially loved the idea or proportionality when it comes to whether a behavior causes one to be diagnosable. I loved the discussions about religion, art, Duchamp, and OCD, yet the book at times just sort of lingered too long. For me if this book was edited a bit, I would have loved it.… (plus d'informations)
Since my undergraduate thesis was on Marcel Duchamp, I had to read this book. It's a fun book and a pretty quick read. I really enjoyed all of the references to Duchamp's work. It helped that I was familiar with the art. But I think it would still be enjoyable for those who don't.
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