Word: directionless
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Dates: during 1924-1924
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Throughout the volume is perceptible a vague, directionless groping for something, which is never attained. Almost everyone is disappointed in the end; most of the stories end more or less in mid-air, after stirring up unrest and dissatisfaction in the mind of the sensitive reader. Mr. Anderson suffers acutely from the same Middle-West complex which troubles Mr. Sandburg and Mr. Masters and probably some others. It would be enlivening to hear what the Chicago Chamber of Commerce would say if it should ever come across some of his descriptions of Chicago scenes and life. They are like nightmares...