Little Fugue: A Novel

by Robert Anderson
Little Fugue: A Novel
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11 ratings, 2.82 average rating, 4 reviews (more data...)
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published
December 28th 2004 by Ballantine Books

binding
Hardcover, 384 pages

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0345454103    (isbn13: 9780345454102)

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Acclaimed short-story writer and winner of the Flannery O’Connor Award, Robert Anderson has written a brilliantly inventive first novel–a book that bl...more




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M o I
02/05/09
M o I rated it: 1 of 5 stars

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Possibly the worst entry in the quasi-biographical-novel-about-Sylvia-Plath category, which includes 'The Ballad of Sylvia and Ted' and 'Wintering,' and which is therefore saying an awful lot. Deplorable.
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Luke
05/15/08
Luke rated it: 4 of 5 stars

Read in May, 2008
A fictional recounting of the torturous union of Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath and the resultant fallout, mixed in with a bit of chronological perspective from the third party narrarator that journeys through the major events of the past four decades.

Fantastic writing that lends itself well to the poetic nature of the subject matter. The clever narrative gets a bit lost in the three-party perspective that jumps around in time, particualrly during the survey of Vietnam protests during ...more
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Suzanne Burns
07/10/08
Suzanne Burns rated it: 3 of 5 stars

Read in July, 2008
recommends it for: teenage girls who read The Bell Jar
An okay exploration of Plath/Hughes/Assia but a bit overdone with the prose and a bit self-indulgent. Held my attention, but I skipped all of the sections titled "Robert"
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Susan
01/23/08
Susan rated it: 4 of 5 stars

another novel of slyvia plath?

but apparently we needed this one.

beautiful prose; heartbreaking.
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Courtney Johnston
06/22/09
Courtney Johnston rated it: 4 of 5 stars


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