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Title: 'The Bookshop': A Caustic Tale of Clashing Sensibilities Gets A Too-Gentle Treatment
Post by: AngelOfThyNight on August 24, 2018, 05:03:53 AM

'The Bookshop': A Caustic Tale of Clashing Sensibilities Gets A Too-Gentle Treatment

To make Penelope Fitzgerald's astringent novel more broadly palatable, adapter Isabel Coixet softens it nearly beyond recognition. Fitzgerald fans, be warned: The result is marketable but mealy.
     

To make Penelope Fitzgerald's astringent novel more broadly palatable, adapter Isabel Coixet softens it nearly beyond recognition. Fitzgerald fans, be warned: The result is marketable but mealy.

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Source: 'The Bookshop': A Caustic Tale of Clashing Sensibilities Gets A Too-Gentle Treatment (https://www.npr.org/2018/08/23/640970874/the-bookshop-a-caustic-tale-of-clashing-sensibilities-gets-a-too-gentle-treatmen?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=movies)