Book · 2020 · Fiction, short stories (single author)
Cleanness
Why people recommend it
Cleanness by Garth Greenwell is a deeply evocative novel that explores desire, intimacy, and expatriate life in modern Europe through exquisite prose. On The Book Review podcast episode titled Talking About the 10 Best Books of 2020, MJ Franklin recommended Cleanness as a personal favorite book, praising the work on a sentence-by-sentence basis for its exceptional writing style. Later, on the episode titled Americans on a Financial 'Tightrope', Dwight Garner discussed Garth Greenwell's book Cleanness during the critic segment, noting that the author was something of a literary flavor of the moment. Dwight Garner further discussed Garth Greenwell's novel Cleanness, elaborating on how the narrative holds together firmly like a novel despite its interconnected, story-like structure. Throughout these discussions on The Book Review, the speakers drew attention to the precise prose, emotional intensity, and structural cohesion of Cleanness, cementing its status as a significant and heavily discussed work of contemporary literary fiction that captured the attention of critics and readers alike.
Who recommended it
- Dwight Garner Discussed
- MJ Franklin Recommended
Dwight Garner — 2 mentions
“well the book is G Greenwell's new book cleanness and Greenwell is sort of the the flavor of the moment”
“and other times I mean in the case of Greenwell and this novel cleanness I'm calling it a novel it just it just holds together like a novel”
MJ Franklin — 1 mention
“my pick is cleanness by gu Greenwell on a sentence by sentence basis”