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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
the urge to destroy is a creative urge,
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This review is from: Great Expectations: A Novel (Acker, Kathy) (Paperback)
In this novel Acker aims her critique at the gnarly intersection of capitalism, violence, sexual dysfunction, and male dominance. In order to live out this critique, Acker jettisons most of the (male-dominated) traditions of narrative as she writes, systematically disrupting the stability of characters and setting, and rejecting the claim to authorial originality (as you might guess from the title). Some might say that this rejection is a case of throwing the baby out with the bathwater, but I'm more inclined to say it's form following function. Exemplary.
8 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
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a wonderful but difficult book,
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This review is from: Great Expectations: A Novel (Acker, Kathy) (Paperback)
kathy acker doesn't cut any corners - ever. great expectations might shock you, might offend you, might even hurt and disturb you. but acker can deconstruct sexuality and eroticism and living like no one else can, and you might learn a lot about yourself and this rough, confusing existence.
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Great expectations by Kathy Acker (Hardcover - 1983)
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