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July 16, 2012
A humorous read, I chuckled all the way through it. Had a "You've Got Mail" theme, with the main characters corresponding via email after a snarky comment from one to the other in the Letters to the Editor section of the paper. I enjoyed the banter, the little bit of history about Emily Dickinson, and the footnotes about various snippets of Sydney history. It's not going to win any great literary awards, and it could do with a better ending, but then again, the ending is clear and obvious and didn't have to be spelled out for me. I actually didn't mind that. I could tell a man wrote it, I liked that too, as I would never have picked up a book that said 'tender love story' written by a woman, and I don't do Chick-lit. This was funny and cute, and I was glad a bloke,(probably an Australian), had the good wit to pull it together. I'd go the extra half a star if I could!
November 1, 2007
Picked this up in the library due to its very attractive book cover.
It was a pretty easy and interesting read. A package of Emily Dickinson's paper, poems, letters are on their way to Sydney for their first Australian exhibition but it got lost along the way. The story centres around Lola, the curator in charge of the exhibition and Jock, a "writer" and surveyor that befriends Lola and eventually solves the puzzle as to where the Dickinson papers are.
The writing is also a teeny tiny bit narcissistic. The author interspered his own poems and short stories in the whole story line as well during conversations between Jock and Lola.
I did enjoy it though but if you're not a Dickinson fan (like me), you probably won't enjoy it as much.
It was a pretty easy and interesting read. A package of Emily Dickinson's paper, poems, letters are on their way to Sydney for their first Australian exhibition but it got lost along the way. The story centres around Lola, the curator in charge of the exhibition and Jock, a "writer" and surveyor that befriends Lola and eventually solves the puzzle as to where the Dickinson papers are.
The writing is also a teeny tiny bit narcissistic. The author interspered his own poems and short stories in the whole story line as well during conversations between Jock and Lola.
I did enjoy it though but if you're not a Dickinson fan (like me), you probably won't enjoy it as much.
Want to Read
September 27, 2007Read about this book in a review of The Fourth Bear. Any book being compared with a Jasper Fforde is worth another look. More info and a book cover are at [http://www.randomhouse.com.au/Books/D...]
Reviewer says:
"...if you enjoy playful, sharp writing about books and ideas then you should really enjoy The Dickinson Papers. "
Might be hard to find - it isn't even on Amazon! I did find a couple of used book sellers....
Reviewer says:
"...if you enjoy playful, sharp writing about books and ideas then you should really enjoy The Dickinson Papers. "
Might be hard to find - it isn't even on Amazon! I did find a couple of used book sellers....
May 28, 2012
A rambling first effort full of loose ends and dubious thematic content that eventually comes to an end.
August 19, 2012
cute, if not a little predictable .... definitely a sweet, funny and relaxing read :o)
May 18, 2014
I loved the footnotes in this book it was almost like reading two stories simultaneously.
September 29, 2014
Enjoyable and sweet. Really want to re-read it now that I am living in Sydney.
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