The Furies (New York Review Books Classics)
A SELECTION OF THE LOST BOOKS CLUBAn exhilarating, fiercely honest, ultimately devastating book, The Furies confronts the claims of family and the lure of desire, the difficulties of independence, and the approach of death.Janet Hobhouse's final testament is beautifully written, deeply felt, and...
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A SELECTION OF THE LOST BOOKS CLUBAn exhilarating, fiercely honest, ultimately devastating book, The Furies confronts the claims of family and the lure of desire, the difficulties of independence, and the approach of death.Janet Hobhouse's final testament is beautifully written, deeply felt, and above all utterly alive.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781590170854 (1590170857)
ASIN: 1590170857
Publish date: 2004-09-30
Publisher: NYRB Classics
Pages no: 312
Edition language: English
I didn't much care for 'Dancing in the Dark', but my admiration of NYRB Classics convinced me give Hobhouse another chance. The book is elegant and well into the last section does not scan like a draft that needed more time from its author. The first section of the book detailing her family's histor...
This is quite well written and engaging but, as a memoir disguised as a novel, it follows the I grew-I developed-I changed formula without much of a compelling hook. A reader goes for a book like this mostly if s/he has some inherent interest in the subject but I didn't know Janet Hobhouse from shin...
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