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Frank Lentricchia Books

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Frank Lentricchia is an American novelist born in 1940. His works are known for their critical realism and exploration of social and political issues.

The Sadness of Antonioni

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Crimes of Art and Terror

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“People are mysterious, even to themselves.”

People Mysterious

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“In the end, everything is found to be wanting.”

Ends Found

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“Our personal past is only available to us now through black-and-white film, it's a medium for communication with the dead, including our dead selves, the way we used to be, which is why we're drawn to it.”

Way Self Past Film Used Black White Communication Including Available Mediums Used To Be Black And White

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“No one can be the total cure for another person.”

Persons Cures

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“I want to die, stripped, by myself, of all fantasies. That's the goal. I want to feel what is real, at the end, and only what is real. Grip fiercely with my eyes all that is around me--the people of my intimate life, the objects in the room, without the evasions of fantasies.”

People Want Feels Real Ends Eye Dies Goal Rooms Fantasy Objects Intimate Wanting To Die Evasion I Want To Die

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“Take the road to contradiction, it'll lead you, I promise, to the palace of wisdom.”

Promise Contradiction Palaces I Promise

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“The camera has a mind of its own--its own point of view. Then the human bearer of time stumbles into the camera's gaze--the camera's domain of pristine space hitherto untraversed is now contaminated by human temporality. Intrusion occurs, but the camera remains transfixed by its object. It doesn't care. The camera has no human fears.”

Mind Humans Care Space Views Objects Cameras Remains Point Of View Domain Intrusion Pristine Temporality

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About the Author

Born: 1940
Known for: Novelist
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