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Mocking the Age: The Later Novels of Philip Roth (review)

Throughout Perspectives on Barry Hannah, the essayists push into the wild, erotic, chaotic violence of Hannah's fictions to contextualize, interrogate, and interpret his characters' thoughts and actions. A reader's and a reviewer's first responses to the unleashed anarchy may be fear, disgust, awe, surprise, grimace, laughter, or pleasure. But a reading of this collection elides such initial reactions and allows for the contemplation and deep appreciation of the layered meanings and visions illustrated by Hannah's texts. What resides with this reviewer is the tremendous talent of Barry Hannah, a writer who not only sees us for what we are, but also knows our past and, most importantly, knows how to keep us in our seats long enough to make us listen.