The New Confessions

This book report is presented, untranslated, in the original Sarcasm. Editorial notes are included where clarification is required.

After a recent glut of novels focused on the heterogeneous and unpredictable lives of female protagonists, it was a relief to return to fiction’s stable iron core: a rich white male genius(1) overcoming crippling obstacles(2) and shattered personal relationships(3) in order to achieve artistic satisfaction(4) and well-deserved(5) fame. Our protagonist, John, is born at the turn of the century, and his artistic sensibilities are destined to follow the contours of that century through the development of its great mode of expression(6): cinema. Continue reading The New Confessions