work of genius
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His mixture of insult, ressentiment, and buffoonery is a work of genius.
From Salon • Feb. 27, 2025
While not as well known as "The Unbearable Lightness of Being", published five years later, the book cemented Kundera's reputation as a leading novelist with critics who called it a work of genius.
From Reuters • Jul. 12, 2023
On Sunday, Nézet-Séguin will have conducted the two works at the Met; he said that while he considers “Parsifal” a work of genius, “‘Lohengrin’ is more relatable because you get the best of both worlds.”
From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2023
Patricia Lockwood’s “No One Is Talking About This” is either a work of genius or an exasperating endurance trial.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2021
Eduardo de Valfierno was rich beyond measure, and he’d pulled off the greatest crime of the century—a work of genius, a work worthy of the Mona Lisa itself.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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