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...deal with established but mildly obscure European litterateurs (Danilo Kis, Witold Gombrowicz, W.G. Sebald, Andrzej Zagajewski). The rest of the pieces stick to art films, opera and dance. Her inimitably terse prose is recognizable from her previous criticism, particularly her tendency to issue elliptical, almost aphoristic judgments at an essay??€™s end. In addition, a few creative pieces—one an accompaniment for a Jasper Johns exhibit, the other a short parodic sketch of Pyramus and Thisbe—provide unsatisfying, indulgent interludes...

Author: By Graeme Wood, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Sontag's Critical Blandness | 10/5/2001 | See Source »

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