Robbed of her much-anticipated taste of freedom and adulthood, Nora is understandably sullen, but oddly unresisting. So the stage is set for drama when Alice suddenly regrets their fractured relationship, and invites herself along on Nora's European trip. deeper dive into how an immature artist develops her own voice and confidence. Expanded and slowed down, it might have been a. 'And We're Off' feels like it could have been twice the length without wearing out its welcome. (And, for longtime Schwartz fans, some Dystopian YA Novel in-jokes.) But it also feels like it's a couple of expansions short of a fully realized story, one that would fill in the space between the characters' impassioned peaks and valleys. It's a quick, compelling read, with vividly described emotions and an intense inner landscape. Her young-adult story about a teenage artist's growing pains covers a lot of physical and emotional ground, but at such breakneck speed that the landscape rarely comes into focus. To readers who've dealt with either of these archetypes, the accounts are funny because the voices are so recognizable, and Schwartz's jokes at their expense are so incisive, even at a 140-character limit.īut where concision strengthens Schwartz's humor, it limits her debut novel, And We're Off. The latter parodies the tropes of derivative young-adult fiction, complete with a female protagonist caught between competing male admirers as she tries to navigate her oppressive society. The former sends up self-important, David Foster Wallace-worshiping writing students who gaze deep into their navels and see only literary symbolism and tortured, unappreciated genius. She's the humorist behind the popular Twitter accounts Guy In Your MFA and Dystopian YA Novel, twin platforms for perfectly crafted satire about literary pretention. Until now, debut author Dana Schwartz has made a compelling asset out of brevity. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title And We're Off Author Dana Schwartz
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