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Author:
Peter Schjeldahl, Steve Martin, Jarrett Earnest
Publisher:
Harry N. Abrams
Date:
May 14, 2024
The complete last essays of writer Peter Schjeldahl, the New Yorker art critic and Pulitzer Prize finalist.
What The Reviewers Say
...filled with terrific examples of Peter doing what he did best. The writing is not sharply different from anything he wrote before the diagnosis. But I think these pieces are gently warmed by new, heart-expanding levels of humility and humor.
What’s perhaps most startling about The Art of Dying is that there’s so little here that seems final. There’s no self-pity here, no parting words, no wistful look back at a long career.
Schjeldahl’s writing serves as a model for criticism in some ways and falls short in others.
Always a keen observer, Schjeldahl manages the neat trick of seeming to place himself outside the frame even when he serves as his own subject.
