tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246220242273461143.post5266884057322777649..comments2024-03-29T00:47:12.051+00:00Comments on Biblibio: The widowhood memoir (scandal)Meytal Radzinskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15805413335735169073noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246220242273461143.post-29187634386814898022011-05-28T14:48:00.489+01:002011-05-28T14:48:00.489+01:00I've always felt that memoirs are different th...I've always felt that memoirs are different than autobiographies for this very reason; they don't necessarily tell the entire story of the author's life, but rather, are meant to address a particular aspect of that person's experiences.TheBookGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04299629066975342607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246220242273461143.post-3966518008546704662011-05-15T17:46:15.176+01:002011-05-15T17:46:15.176+01:00Very good point. Her remarriage has very little b...Very good point. Her remarriage has very little bearing on the actual subject of the memoir, and if reviewers wanted her to include "everything", that would be more a life story than a look into a particular time in Oates' life. I've also not read the book, though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246220242273461143.post-27932223594615138972011-05-14T22:28:00.791+01:002011-05-14T22:28:00.791+01:00I totally agree with your concluding paragraph!I totally agree with your concluding paragraph!rhapsodyinbookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07041412748239010264noreply@blogger.com