Cassandra at the Wedding

by Dorothy Baker
Cassandra at the Wedding  
published 2004 by NYRB Classics
binding Paperback
isbn 1590171128   (isbn13: 9781590171127)
pages 256
description Cassandra Edwards is a graduate student at Berkeley: gay, brilliant, nerve-wracked, miserable. At the beginning of this novel, she drives back to her ...more
date added
05-16-07



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Ginnie
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09/12/07

bookshelves: women
Read in January, 1962
I loved this book when I first read it in 1962 and was delighted that the NYRB has brought it back in a fine paperback with a new afterword by Deborah Eisenberg. I wish I understood the magic Baker's words weave over me. . Cassandra is often cynical, passive aggressive, and wantonly perverse in her refusal to "get it," i.e., to love and let love. Her insolence towards the people she says she loves is an astonishing dismissal of their emotional lives. The fact that Dorothy Baker makes...more
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Beth
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09/02/07

bookshelves: 1940s1950s, coming-of-age
Read in June, 2007
This book is about the weekend in which Cassie attempts to sabotage her twin sister's wedding. However, the genius of the book is that we can see Cassie's increasingly bizarre rationalizations and manipulations, but Cassie herself is unaware of them and sees herself as the reasonable and wronged party. The writing style is fresh and witty--it reminded me a little of Dorothy Parker. Highly recommended.
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Brendan
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06/30/07

Read in June, 2007
Strong writing, but one of the most minimalist plots I've encountered in quite a while. About three or four pages of story with the other two-hundred filled with interior monologue. Meh.
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Nick
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04/17/08

Read in January, 2008
Can't remember where I learned about this book but it took me to a different place and time. Quick read. Not a story you have read before.
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Nicholas
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08/25/07

Read in July, 2007
yes, I loved this book, too. I don't put books on here that I read but don't think are any good. Isn't this place called "goodreads"?
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Erin
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12/26/07

can you tell i am obsessed with the NYRB press? um, this is like J.D. Salinger mixed with The Bell Jar, but different and very good.
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book data (includes all editions)

avg rating (all editions): 4.24 (37 ratings)
avg rating (this edition): 4.25 (36 ratings)
number of reviews: 6






other editions

Cassandra at the Wedding (Virago Modern Classics)
Cassandra's Wedding (Paperback)