{"id":2425,"date":"2010-05-18T10:41:44","date_gmt":"2010-05-18T17:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2010\/05\/the-la-times-and-david-ulin-say-go-away-james-frey-nous-vous-detestons\/"},"modified":"2010-05-18T11:13:25","modified_gmt":"2010-05-18T18:13:25","slug":"the-la-times-and-david-ulin-say-go-away-james-frey-nous-vous-detestons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2010\/05\/18\/the-la-times-and-david-ulin-say-go-away-james-frey-nous-vous-detestons\/","title":{"rendered":"The LA Times and David Ulin say, “Go away, James Frey. Nous vous d\u00e9testons.”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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BOOKS, AUTHORS AND ALL THINGS BOOKISH\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

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The unfortunate spread of James Frey<\/a><\/h1>\n

May 17, 2010<\/p>\n

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On Saturday, the French Consulate, with assistance from UCLA’s department of French and Francophone studies, presented a day of literature from France and Los Angeles. The events, which were either in English or in French with English translation, were nevertheless packed full of French expatriates — there are more than 30,000 in Los Angeles. The star of the show was onetime memoirist James Frey.<\/p>\n

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Other American authors who participated, such as Steve Erickson, acclaimed author of 10 books, and Richard Lange, a 2009 Guggenheim Fellow, are both published in France. But as French writer Jean Rolin noted, it’s Frey who has caught the attention of French readers, particularly teenagers. Moderator Olivier Barrot, a well-known French literary critic, introduced Frey’s most recent book, “Bright Shiny Morning,” as being like John Dos Passos’ work in ambition and scope.<\/p>\n

This is hardly the reception the novel received in Los Angeles. “‘Bright Shiny Morning’ is an execrable novel,” wrote Times book editor David L. Ulin, “a literary train wreck<\/a>\u00a0without even the good grace to be entertaining.”<\/p>\n

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