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Bezig met laden... The Rose Variations (2009)door Marisha Chamberlain
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. When I first started reading this novel I thought it was a bit 'meh', but as I got to know the characters I was drawn in, and became really interested to see what happened to them all. A light read but not too light if you know what I mean. ( ) Usually when I can't finish a book because it really irritates me I don't review it, but this book irritated me so I want to be sure I don't recommend it to anyone. It was to literature like paint-by-numbers is to art. I never got into the characters, and the so-called Rose variations are just her various affairs, with people I could never understand why she bothered. An impressive first novel that captures the zeitgeist of the mid-70s very well. Rose MacGregor is a composer and new college professor. The novel tells of her efforts to succeed as a composer, to experiment in love and sex, to gain tenure as a music professor and to process her complicated familial relationships. Rose is a well-developed, multi-dimensional character and at least for me, as someone who lived through this time in my early twenties, she comes across as very real. The situations she faces, and how she deals with them, should prove easily recognizable to those of us who were there. In general, the female characters are better articulated than the male characters who are somewhat two-dimensional, but that honestly did not detract from the pleasure the novel offers. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
In 1975, 25-year-old Rose takes a temporary professorship at a Midwestern college, convinced that an exciting career as a composer lies ahead of her. The only woman in the music department, the other professors refer to her derisively as the Girl Composer,' but she believes that a brilliant career writing music lies ahead. Determined to be independent, she struggles with love, ambition and the perplexing question of happiness.' Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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