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STILL LIFE
STILL LIFE
Author: A.S. Byatt
Frederica Potter, "doomed to be intelligent'' plunges into Cambridge Universty life greedy for knowledge, sex and love. In Yorkshire her sister Stephanie has abandoned academe for the cosy frustration of the family. Alexander Wedderburn, now in London, struggles to write a play about Van Gogh, whose art and tragic life give the novel its central...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780684835037
ISBN-10: 0684835037
Publication Date: 4/1/1997
Pages: 400
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  • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
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3.4 stars, based on 6 ratings
Publisher: Scribner
Book Type: Paperback
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MOMSBOOKS avatar reviewed STILL LIFE on + 64 more book reviews
This is a tough read unless you are a fan of the authoress. She is very wordy and overly descriptive...eg. at the very end she describes the protagonist as using the "polish" teapot and "Vallauris pottery breakfast cup"even though that has no impact on anything.
The story is about 3 siblings, Stephanie, Marcus and Fredericka. Stepahine is married to Daniel, a member of the clergy. Marcus has mental problems and Fredericka wins a scholarship to study at Cambridge, something her sister Stephanie had done 5 yrs. earlier. Each character is given their own mini-plot, which share the same time line, but little else.
If you are into English mores, polotic,people and especially literature you will probably love this book.I found it stuffy and at times dreary.
pwp7669 avatar reviewed STILL LIFE on
"This is a marvelous and most unusual work, full of thoughts, full of people, and full of language; a deep work, inspiring laughter and tears, a major novel." (Review by Iris Murdoch)


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