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Life and Idealism: 'The Last of Her Kind'

Fresh Air | By Maureen Corrigan
Published January 12, 2006 at 1:35 PM EST

The latest novel from Sigrid Nunez, The Last of Her Kind, tracks a woman's life from her college days in the late 1960s to the present. As she describes her own life, the narrator, Georgette, also details the legacy of fierce idealism — and violence.

Copyright 2006 Fresh Air
Maureen Corrigan
Maureen Corrigan is a book critic for Fresh Air.