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Excellent work. Doesn't fall behind Middlesex in the least. Wonderful story that takes us around the world and back to the US, where it makes us think about love and relationships. "If you used your head, if you became aware of how love was culturally constructed and began to see your symptoms as purely mental, if you recognized that being 'in love' was only an idea, then you could liberate yourself from its tyranny." Somehow this phrase lays the base for the entire story with Madeline and her r
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Nov 25, 2018
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Jeffrey Eugenides is one of the most intelligent, eloquent writers in his generation. He had written some "literary worthy" books, and even successfully grabbed prestigious awards, such as the Pulitzer. So.. the question is: if he writes a romance novel, do people really buy the story??? Is it any good just as his other more serious books?
Well, for me the answer would be Yes and No. Yes, because it is a compelling novel, with lots of intense moments, in depth characters and a bit twists and turn ...more
Well, for me the answer would be Yes and No. Yes, because it is a compelling novel, with lots of intense moments, in depth characters and a bit twists and turn ...more
As much as I enjoyed listening to this book on audio, I am a little sorry that I didn't experience the story in book format. It is a fairly engrossing tale and I think if I had been reading it I probably would have finished it in no time flat. Set in the early 80's, the book begins with Madeleine's graduation from Brown and follows her life over the next year. I don't want to give away any of the juicy details, but I will say that I really enjoyed the way Eugenides captured the personality of ea
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A decent coming-of-age-who-to-marry novel with some enjoyable literary and geographical (Paris, India) references but characters and plot lack the maturity of Eugenides' "Middlesex."
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In Madeleine's face was a stupidity Mitchell had never seen before. It was the stupidity of all normal people. It was the stupidity of the fortunate and beautiful, of everybody who got what they wanted in life and so remained unremarkable.
It was possible to feel superior to other people and like a misfit at the same time.
"Who are you anyway?"
"Just someone who knows, from personal experience, how attractive it can be to think you can save somebody else by loving them." ...more
It was possible to feel superior to other people and like a misfit at the same time.
"Who are you anyway?"
"Just someone who knows, from personal experience, how attractive it can be to think you can save somebody else by loving them." ...more
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