- Paperback: 192 pages
- Publisher: Picador USA (April 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0312151187
- ISBN-13: 978-0312151188
- Product Dimensions: 20.9 x 13.9 x 1.2 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,373,131 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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9 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Cool as last night's dishwater
30 Jun 1999
Format:Paperback
If this were a drink, that's what it would be. With a sprig of iceberg lettuce, and a film of palm oil. This is another of those books that makes you wonder whether the reviewers quoted on the book jacket could possibly be talking about the same material.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Few Gems, Mostly Paste
7 July 2007
Format:Paperback
With all the hype that "Invisible Circus" and "The Keep" have gotten, I thought that beginning with some of her short stories, would give me a better insight into the type of writer Egan is. But, I found myself very disappointed to the point where I don't think I'll read anymore of her stuff. Her stories are all written under the same style and except for the names of the characters and the places they are in, they seem to all follow the same pattern.
Her stories are always about boredom, the paean of the rich, and contain enough ennui to fill a Paris Cafe. The stories about woman who have married for money are almost funny. The "what have I done with my life" and "what is my true identity" can give you a terminal case of melancholy.
Because they all have the same basis bottom line, with a loud sigh, after a while they all blend into each other. They're probably a lot better if you read them one at a time as part of a magazine. But for me, blah.
Her stories are always about boredom, the paean of the rich, and contain enough ennui to fill a Paris Cafe. The stories about woman who have married for money are almost funny. The "what have I done with my life" and "what is my true identity" can give you a terminal case of melancholy.
Because they all have the same basis bottom line, with a loud sigh, after a while they all blend into each other. They're probably a lot better if you read them one at a time as part of a magazine. But for me, blah.
14 of 20 people found the following review helpful
A Mixed Bag
17 Mar 2000
Format:Paperback
It would not surprise me to learn that Jennifer Egan attended a graduate school for a degree in creative writing; her stories have the studied by-the-numbers sincerity of the typical intelligent eager grad student, looking to career her way through a writing life with focus, earnestly collecting her As. This is not entirely a bad thing: she has largely mastered the form; the problem is, the form, as well as all the well-meaning advice from teachers, may have mastered her, too, in the sense of quashing any vitality and idiosyncracy she may have possessed.
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