The Uncoupling
by:
Meg Wolitzer (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781617933028 (1617933023)
Publish date: 2011
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
Romance,
Literary Fiction,
Contemporary,
Womens Fiction,
Chick Lit,
Magical Realism,
Relationships
When the elliptical new drama teacher at Stellar Plains High School chooses Lysistrata as the school play-the comedy by Aristophanes in which women stop having sex with men in order to end a war-a strange spell seems to be cast over the school. Or, at least, over the women. One by one throughout the...
This was a quick, well-written read that had some funny moments, but not very memorable I suppose. If the book was supposed to have an overall message of some sort, it was rather lost on me.
The authorMeg Wolitzer's novels include The Interestings; The Uncoupling; The Ten-Year Nap; The Position; and The Wife. She is also the author of a novel for young readers, The Fingertips of Duncan Dorfman. Wolitzer's short fiction has appeared in The Best American Short Stories and The Pushcart Pri...
Ugh. What a pointless and repetitive book. At first I tried to give it the benefit of the doubt, feeling that it was unfortunate that I had just previously read Tom Perotta's wonderful novel, THE LEFTOVERS. Both are stories of suburban strife caused by a supernatural event, but this book just got wo...
Frustrating and ultimately unsatisfying, despite being quite well-written and a snappy read. The ending is just so perfunctory and so much of a cop-out that I can't really recommend the book - and it does, indeed, have recommendable qualities. I'm even feeling mentally blocked right now, trying to...
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