What Was She Thinking?

What Was She Thinking?

(This review first appeared in August 2007) Rating:  What Was She Thinking?: Notes on a Scandal, by Zoe Heller. Henry Holt and Co (2003), 272 pages. Barbara Covett, the narrator of Heller’s novel, appears to be an opinionated but harmless, even kindly,...
The Elegance of the Hedgehog

The Elegance of the Hedgehog

Rating:  The Elegance of the Hedgehog, by Muriel Barbery, translated by Alison Anderson. Europa Editions (2008), 325 pages. There were problems with this book up until the end–an end that was powerful and sad and, yes, elegant. But I’m not sure...