RaveAvenueThe very best chapters are those which reprise the unmistakable voice of her brilliant profile of the artist David Salle...to ask: What does the viewer project onto an image? What is true? And exactly how much distance is necessary to see objectively? Malcolm deconstructs the mystique of images so astutely here that it’s hard to believe she was battling cancer at the time, and would soon lose that fight. In the afterword, written by her daughter, Anne Malcolm, we learn that she didn’t get to finish all she intended, and the book was compiled chronologically on her behalf. The pages are honest and vivid, and show Janet Malcolm once again recording life like no one else.
Mac Griswold
PositiveAvenueImpressive ... Some may find the pacing too leisurely, and the book is at its best when Mellon’s curious personality comes out in full.
