- Taschenbuch: 256 Seiten
- Verlag: Granta Books; Auflage: New edition (21. November 1998)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 1862071373
- ISBN-13: 978-1862071377
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 19,2 x 12,8 x 2 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 5.0 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (1 Kundenrezension)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 173.594 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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From the Canadian author of The Last of the Golden Girls (1991): a fantasia on the theme of gender (especially the adolescent variety), set to the tune of a macabre tale about a young girl with a severe case of penis envy. The whole megillah takes place at Bath Ladies College, a boarding school near Toronto, where one Mary Beatrice Bradford is dumped by her unloving doctor father, Morley, and her gin-swizzling stepmother, Sal. Nicknamed ``Mouse'' for her shyness, girl is a very smart 14-year-old hunchback (``I don't look like Quasimodo, but when children notice me coming, that's who they see''). Meanwhile, the school is ruled by a frumpy but good-hearted lesbian named Miss Vera Vaughan (called ``The Virgin'' by the girls), who has a dwarf named Sergeant and a lover in-house--the ``torpedo- breasted'' English teacher, Miss Peddie. A strange crew--but harmless. Actually, though, it's Mouse's fellow students who are round the bend--most especially Pauline Sykes, a charity case who rooms with Mouse and who spends most of her time dressed like a boy. Indeed, Paulie has a mind to turn Mouse male, too, putting her through a series of tests, including killing a pigeon and feeling up a girl--while cross-dressed, of course. But in the end Paulie goes much too far--leaving Mouse behind to contemplate what is so compelling about a penis. A wild reach for the territory of Fay Weldon and Elizabeth Jolley that goes way off the mark. Unpurposeful and silly. -- Copyright ©1993, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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Mary Beatrice (Mouse) Bradford's plan--"to live as myself and nobody else, for now and always"--expresses the hard-won maturity she earns at Bath Ladies College in 1963. A polio survivor, Mouse suffers at school from loss of privacy, feelings of alienation, and the demands of one of her roommates, Paulie Lee Sykes, who hates being female. Canadian poet-novelist Swan ( The Last of the Golden Girls, Arcade Pub., 1991) uses Paulie's fast-paced, fascinating but disastrous campaign to become male as a means of examining questions of sexual identity and challenging the social conditioning imposed upon girls. The difficulty, pain, and occasional danger involved in Mouse's maturation identify Swan's wonderfully imagined novel as a Bildungsroman augmented by elements of the inverted mystery and of the traditional Gothic tale. Its polished unity, luminous style, stunning metaphors, and glancing humor make it exceptional. Very highly recommended.
- Jane S. Bakerman, Indiana State Univ., Terre Haute
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe: Gebundene Ausgabe .
- Jane S. Bakerman, Indiana State Univ., Terre Haute
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe: Gebundene Ausgabe .
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Englisches Taschenbuch;
der Inhalt ist natürlich Geschmackssache, ich fand die Geschichte interessant und es las sich sehr gut, die Sprache ist nicht zu schwierig;
für Interessenten: es gibt eine Verfilmung namens "Lost and Delirious", die die Geschichte ein wenig mehr in die Gegenwart holt, aber die Mentalität gut einfängt, trotz einiger Unterschiede.
der Inhalt ist natürlich Geschmackssache, ich fand die Geschichte interessant und es las sich sehr gut, die Sprache ist nicht zu schwierig;
für Interessenten: es gibt eine Verfilmung namens "Lost and Delirious", die die Geschichte ein wenig mehr in die Gegenwart holt, aber die Mentalität gut einfängt, trotz einiger Unterschiede.
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Stylish
15. November 2004
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I came to reading the Wives of Bath having seen and rather enjoyed the Leah Pool film based on it, Lost & Delirious. The two are very different incidentally. This book is about gender, more than anything else in my opinion. Paulie has some sort of objection to, not so much her place in society as a woman, but to what can be simply described as 'girlieness'. Her bizarre obsession with King Kong is contrasted with Mouse's more common infatuation with President Kennedy.
All in all, I'd say this novel is surreal, well written and stylish. It reminded me somewhat of the writings of Jeanette Winterson or possibly even the late great Doug Adams - not so much in humor, but in the absent-minded and beautifully composed suspension of reality for the sake of the story. It did resonate with me for a while when i finished it.
All in all, I'd say this novel is surreal, well written and stylish. It reminded me somewhat of the writings of Jeanette Winterson or possibly even the late great Doug Adams - not so much in humor, but in the absent-minded and beautifully composed suspension of reality for the sake of the story. It did resonate with me for a while when i finished it.
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Great book but very different from movie
21. April 2011
Format:Taschenbuch
Ok so if you have never seen the movie, or read the book then read at your own discretion because i may put details in here that may giver things away,
So i watched lost and delirious and loved it and i heard about the book and jumped at the chance to buy it. The book is completely and utterly different, the only things that are the same are the characters names and certain traits they possess. Tory is in the book about 25% of the time, even though she is mentioned more often. Now from the perspective of seeing the movie first, i was expecting Paulie and Tory to have a relationship throughout the book, and they did, but it was not really shown in the book, more implied, and it made me want as much as the movie showed. It was slightly disappointing because i really loved the movie and i wanted to book to portray similar ideals, or maybe if i had read the book first, i would be mad at the movie for changing it so much. I loved the book and suggest it to others, but i am sad that Tory does not have a larger role in the book. Where is Tory in all of this!?
So i watched lost and delirious and loved it and i heard about the book and jumped at the chance to buy it. The book is completely and utterly different, the only things that are the same are the characters names and certain traits they possess. Tory is in the book about 25% of the time, even though she is mentioned more often. Now from the perspective of seeing the movie first, i was expecting Paulie and Tory to have a relationship throughout the book, and they did, but it was not really shown in the book, more implied, and it made me want as much as the movie showed. It was slightly disappointing because i really loved the movie and i wanted to book to portray similar ideals, or maybe if i had read the book first, i would be mad at the movie for changing it so much. I loved the book and suggest it to others, but i am sad that Tory does not have a larger role in the book. Where is Tory in all of this!?
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2. Dezember 2010
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Exploring the world of a teenage girl in rural Toronto during the early 1960's, was an interesting undertaking by the author, Susan Swan. I first looked this novel up when I saw the 1999 movie, Lost & Delirious, based on her story. Comparing the two, the movie does this book no justice and does not truly explore all the issues discussed in the book. Concerning the book "Wives of Bath" it does little justice toward or for the issues it discusses. In reality, it starts off strong with its characters playing off what society truly believes in regard to the LGBT community during the age of JFK's early presidency, up through the 1966. However, so much is left or unexplained and what is explained or discussed makes it sound like much of the LGBT community are entirely cracked mentally, when we are not. Although, for a quick read, this book was entertaining; despite lack of true information and compation toward those who live within the community today. Thus the reason for only 4 stars, however I truly believe it only deserves 3.5 out of 5.
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