Sep 26th, 2008 · Modernizing a familiar novel is a literary parlor trick. Crafting a fresh, moving interpretation of one of literature's great narratives is an achievement. Irina Reyn's What Happened To Anna K. is unquestionably a case of the latter.
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May 23rd, 2008 · Irina Reyn's deft debut novel dusts off Tolstoy's great 19th-century romantic heroine and re-imagines her as a complex — yet still dreamy-eyed — modern woman of today.
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