Public Life Author:Ellen Akins From Library Journal — The entrancing compulsions of presidential politics hook a young filmmaker with a powerful talent for short commercial films. She undertakes the task of massaging the public image of an attractive candidate, all the while believing that at his core he is worth the effort to elect him. Tragically for herself and others, the ... more »reality is not strong enough to sustain the illusion. Akins, an award-winning author of three novels (e.g., Home Movie , LJ 12/88; Little Woman , Harper, 1990) here makes a genre that is normally high on action and low on character development achingly introspective. She has a wonderful ear, and her dialogs are vividly genuine. Akins challenges the reader with a narrative style that is elliptical and complex--a style that owes more to the love of words and expression than to satisfying mass market appetites. For libraries whose readers enjoy fresh, liberating treatments of mainstream subjects.
- Barbara Conaty, Library of Congress
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