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299th out of 418 books
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The Hearts and Lives of Men
by
Fay Weldon
Hardcover, 357 pages
Published
March 21st 1988
by Viking Adult
(first published 1987)
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Oct 23, 2011
Eden
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This is a difficult book to rate. Had I not seen it mentioned in a nonfiction book I read about reading literature, I would never have known of its existence and I would have missed a treat.
As told by an omniscient third person narrator, who even addresses the reader as ... well, "Reader," this is ostensibly the story of Nell from her conception in the 1960's to her early adulthood in the 1908's. In reality, there is a fairly large cast of characters involved and very few of them are even likeab...more
As told by an omniscient third person narrator, who even addresses the reader as ... well, "Reader," this is ostensibly the story of Nell from her conception in the 1960's to her early adulthood in the 1908's. In reality, there is a fairly large cast of characters involved and very few of them are even likeab...more
I'm never really sure why I like Fay Weldon so much, but I really do. (Pretty much everyone in my family feels the same way.) Her narrator-voice reminds us all the time that there are non-rich people in the world, and they're important too, but her books are mostly focused on the rich and beautiful and annoying anyway. _Hearts and Lives_ is really scattered and weird pacing-wise, but somehow she makes it work. One of those if-you're-good-enough-you-can-break-the-rules things, I guess... But on t...more
I read this book for the first time when it came out in 1989 and returned to it this year to find it just as fresh and funny as it was twenty years ago: a 1960's love story, fraught with complications, endearing idiots and paunchy villains, told in the voice of Jane Austen.
It took me years to get around to reading this, and then when I did it took me years to finish. After about half of it, I left it alone for months; maybe it's because the fate of a baby and (later) a tiny tot don't interest me all that much. Nell became more interesting to me as she grew up.
The ending of this book can hardly be considered a surprise; the suspense is in how and when Nell and her parents will find each other eventually.
By the last third of the book I was finally in its grasp. It t...more
The ending of this book can hardly be considered a surprise; the suspense is in how and when Nell and her parents will find each other eventually.
By the last third of the book I was finally in its grasp. It t...more
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LOVE Fay Weldon! This is less satirical than others I've read, but follows the same track----this time the life of little Nell, her trials and tribulations in the modern world.
"De harten en levens van mannen"
So far so good... It was on the bookshelf at Anglesea...
boring!! don't let the details get in the way of a good story as they say...
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Fay Weldon CBE is an English author, essayist and playwright, whose work has been associated with feminism. In her fiction, Weldon typically portrays contemporary women who find themselves trapped in oppressive situations caused by the patriarchal structure of British society.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fay_Weldon
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