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I'm Dying Laughing by by Christina Stead

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July 1987, no. 92

I'm Dying Laughing by by Christina Stead

Virago Press, 447 pp, $29.95 hb

I'm Dying Laughing by by Christina Stead

by
July 1987, no. 92

There has been altogether too much talk recently about literature and bliss, and not enough about sadness. Think of the gloom that descends when you have read all the works of a beloved author, and no fresh fields and pastures new remain. Years ago, I suffered this depression after reading all the works of William Faulkner. There was a brief respite when Flags in the Dust, an ur-version of Sartoris, appeared, but brief it was.

Don Anderson reviews 'I'm Dying Laughing' by Christina Stead

I'm Dying Laughing

by by Christina Stead

Virago Press, 447 pp, $29.95 hb

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