Windsor Armstrong has a problem: her brilliant boy, Pushkin X, has become a football superstar and is planning to marry a Russian lap dancer. In Wi...
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Nov 09, 2009
Stephanie
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Pushkin and the Queen of Spades: A Novel, by Alice Randall, is an extraordinarily rich novel whose richness is partially but not entirely founded on the references she makes to other literary works.
The name "Alice Randall," was not familiar to me, but I was peripherally aware of another book she has written, The Wind Done Gone, because it was the subject of a well-publicized copyright violation lawsuit brought by the Estate of Margaret Mitchell; Ms. Mitchell, of course,is More...
The name "Alice Randall," was not familiar to me, but I was peripherally aware of another book she has written, The Wind Done Gone, because it was the subject of a well-publicized copyright violation lawsuit brought by the Estate of Margaret Mitchell; Ms. Mitchell, of course,is More...
Nov 23, 2011
Empress5150
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Years and years ago, I read Randall's "The Wind Done Gone", a (not sure if you'd call it a parody) of "Gone with the Wind". You might recall there was quite a bit of controversy about the book; Mitchell's estate sued Randall for unauthorized use of Mitchell's work (ring a bell with any Harry Potter fans?) In the end,Randall prevailed and the book was published.
I found "Wind Done Gone" a hoot and actually quite well-written.
Anyway, fast More...
I found "Wind Done Gone" a hoot and actually quite well-written.
Anyway, fast More...
Nov 11, 2011
"It's hard to imagine a better match of novel and narration than this sparkling, dynamic audio exploration of race, motherhood, literature, and identity. Pitts throws herself into this performance, and her energy, wit, and sass seem wholly in sync with a novel of astounding sophistication, insight, and surprise." - AudioFile
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Dec 17, 2009
Kiini
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This book was slow b/c of the approach the author chose. It is a lot of internal monologue and a cyclical time structure. The book hits its stride about midway when the kaliedescopic stories the author has been telling about her childhood, as well as the kaliedescopic stories she has been telling about her life as a mother start to line up and the reader has a sense of the linear time frame of these events. Before the story clicks, it's a bunch of interesting stories that you know hang together
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Sep 17, 2010
Miko
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Disappointing novel focused on a 43 year old African Amer Russian professor who is distraught over her NFL sons impending marriage to a Russian stripper. Winding thru history and back to an obvious reconciliation at the end. Characters were not compelling despite the enticing cover and intriguing link to the real Pushkin.
Apr 29, 2009
zoya
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"...anything you have enough time to go back to, has time enough to change." - Alice Randall
Dec 29, 2007
Windsor is a Harvard professor of Russian literature. She is an African American and is dismayed because her son, Pushkin X, is going to marry a Russian lap dancer. Humorous and insightful.
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