A Gate at the Stairs
by:
Lorrie Moore (author)
Format: kindle
ASIN: B002M41U06
Pages no: 338
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Academic,
Literature,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
American,
Literary Fiction,
Adult,
Family,
Contemporary,
College
There was so much I didn't like about this book. First, I couldn't decide if the characters' shtick was supposed to be actually funny, or just a sad attempt to paper over really serious situations with terrible comedic references and puns. Second, I couldn't decide if the conversations about race we...
This is the first time I had to rate a book from the 1001 list only one star. A Gate at the Stairs is entirely senseless and completely pseudo-intelectual - the latter one being something I absolutely despise. Before reading this book I had of course seen that it had received very mixed reviews. But...
Ένα ενδιαφέρον βιβλίο, που αξίζει να διαβάσει κανείς. Γραμμένο με χιούμορ, με απίθανους συνδυασμούς λέξεων, έναν εντελώς ιδιαίτερο τρόπο γραφής. Σ' αφήνει με σκέψεις, και νομίζω πως αυτός ήταν κι ο στόχος της Lorrie Moore. Πολλά μπράβο για την έξυπνη, ευρηματική μετάφραση της Μαργαρίτας Ζαχαριάδου.
Tassie Keltjin is a college student who has led a fairly sheltered life. She grew up on a farm so never really held a real job, but now she needs to earn a little money and accepts a position as a nanny. Strangely, she is hired before the child, to be adopted, has arrived. Against her better judg...
So I picked up this book because it was on a list somewhere and that is how I find most books. About 25 pages in I started to think...huh, this is in WI so Troy has to be a version of Madison. Well then for the rest of the book (as someone who lives in Madison), I tried to decide if it really was or...
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