Comments on: The Painfully Wrought Blurb

By: Today’s Gusher Award for Literary Hype Goes to … « One-Minute Book Reviews

Today’s Gusher Award for Literary Hype Goes to … « One-Minute Book Reviews — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 21:15:26 +0000

[...] to the critic and editor Scott Esposito for posting this overheated blurb on his Conversational Reading blog, and to former Publishers Weekly deals columnist Matt Thornton (www.twitter.com/thorntonmatt) for [...]

By: The Problem with Blurbs

The Problem with Blurbs — Wed, 11 May 2011 12:23:48 +0000

[...] meaningless (“tour-de-force”), loaded (“as good as it gets”), or hilariously overwrought. Such a narrow range of toadying adjectives simply end up patronising and/or [...]

By: Poster

Poster — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 17:17:03 +0000

Probably should have been condensed down to: “David Grossman, undone.”

By: Donation Week | Conversational Reading

Donation Week | Conversational Reading — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 18:47:07 +0000

[...] the most popular (hit-wise) post of 2010: Nicole Krauss’s ridiculously overwrought blurb. Was quite surprised to see this pop up on Laura Miller’s Salon blog, plus even Ezra [...]

By: Archived Posts

Archived Posts — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 15:55:52 +0000

[...] Oy… [...]

By: The Constant Conversation | Just to balance the unbalanced

The Constant Conversation | Just to balance the unbalanced — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 20:28:52 +0000

[...] ⋅ Post a comment Just to balance the unbalancedShareI don’t doubt that you recall Ms. Nicole Krauss’s rave for the new David Grossman novel, To the End of the Land. Notable remarks included assertions of [...]

By: The Constant Conversation | I do not avoid books, but I do deny them my essence

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 23:53:55 +0000

[...] I do not avoid books, but I do deny them my essence By Jeff Waxman ⋅ July 8, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment I do not avoid books, but I do deny them my essenceShareToday The Guardian teased a blurb written by Nicole Krauss for David Grossman’s upcoming novel, To the End of the Land–calling it “possibly the most laudatory quote ever attached to a book.” Krauss’s rave? “Grossman may be the most gifted writer I’ve ever read; gifted not just because of his imagination, his energy, his originality, but because he has access to the unutterable, because he can look inside a person and discover the unique essence of her humanity.” I’ll stand with Ms. Krauss, but only that far–the rest is a bit much, even for me. [...]

By: Blurbs Internet Related Technologies Blurbs

Blurbs Internet Related Technologies Blurbs — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 23:05:38 +0000

[...] context here is an incredibly overwrought blurb from an author, Nicole Krauss, whom I like very much. I’m not actually sure I’d want to [...]

By: Whole town should be medicated and put in a rec room with ping pong tables and hand puppets* « There was another life that I might have had, but I am having this one

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:42:59 +0000

[...] Krauss wrote a blurb. A very long blurb. Full of shit big words. And that is why I never buy anything based on [...]

By: On the Anniversary of MJs Death « SONYA CHUNG

On the Anniversary of MJs Death « SONYA CHUNG — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:22:43 +0000

[...] on or interested in jumping on the Nicole Krauss-bashing bandwagon with regards to her recent jacket blurb kerfuffle. I’m not even sure kerfuffle is the right word. I do think that Laura Miller‘s [...]