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Leon Silver

The Trembling Bridge by Manfred Jurgensen & Dancing with the Hurricane by Leon Silver

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June-July 2004, no. 262
Judith Armstrong reviews ‘The Trembling Bridge’ by Manfred Jurgensen and ‘Dancing with the Hurricane’ by Leon Silver

Novel, autobiography, memoir? I imagine poet and editor Manfred Jurgensen dealing impatiently with the question – does categorisation matter? Aren’t books to be judged by intrinsic worth rather than labels? Up to a point, but in Book One especially (of two) there is enough equivocation to be annoying.

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