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    Micheline Aharonian Marcom

    The Mirror in the Well (Dalkey Archive) Micheline Marcom's works squeeze themselves between uncomfortable alternatives: Is her new novel, The Mirror in the Well, erotic or pornographic?

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    By Michael Silverblatt • Feb 19, 2009 • 30m Listen

    The Mirror in the Well

    (Dalkey Archive)

    Micheline Marcom's works squeeze themselves between uncomfortable alternatives: Is her new novel, The Mirror in the Well, erotic or pornographic? Is the unnamed woman who narrates it obsessive or masochistic? Is she redeemed or degraded? How do the poles of transgression relate to Marcom's aesthetic?

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