Word: morinã
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...second novel, Sazzae, Jocelyn Morin ’87 writes of Shintaro, a young buraku man turned pop star. Her focus on the untouchables of Japanese culture interestingly echoes her own position as an author—Morin??€™s novel is self-published, and there is no greater outcast in the literary world than the self-published writer. Certainly, it is unusual for The Crimson to review a book printed by iUniverse.com, which sends to press virtually any manuscript for a tiny fee. Without a doubt, the only reason it is here is because the author...
Most of the book, however, is not of this high caliber. Morin??€™s failure is most pronounced in the scenes in which Lois works on an abstract painting of a woman in white, an imperfect black square named Max and a garden. The triangular symbolism in her painting works too hard to imitate her life. Similarly, a subplot involving Maximilian, the Austrian Emperor of Mexico, and his white-clad queen is completely extraneous. The little history lesson could hardly be more boring or less relevant...