- Paperback: 317 pages
- Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press; 1 edition (25 Sep 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1564783073
- ISBN-13: 978-1564783073
- Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.4 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,128,248 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Anthony Burgess
"The greatest Scottish novelist since Sir Walter Scott"
--This text refers to an alternate
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edition.
The List Festival Guide 9-15th August 2001
"It wouldn't be an exaggeration to hail Alasdair Gray as one of Scotlands greatest living novelists."
--This text refers to an alternate
Paperback
edition.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Fascinating and intelligent text,
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This review is from: Poor Things (Paperback)
Fascinating, intelligent and entertaining. These are just some of the conclusions that I have come to in the year since I first read Poor Things. Is Baxter a man or a creation himself?Why does he have such bizarre eating habits? Similarly, is Bella quite the woman she believes herself to be? What happened to her daughter? Why can she not write using vowels? How does she learn to relate to the world around her? This is a very clever re-write of Shelly's Frankenstein, itself a text that is very concerned with issues of language and how we aquire it.That, however, is not all it is. It's also a really good romp around such key areas of examination such as class divide,feminist issues and Empire in the Victorian world of the Industrial Revolution .You be the detective sifting through the authors 'found' collection of journals and letters ( a classic Victorian writing device). Enjoy the artwork and take time afterwards to ponder what you have read. How can you ignore a novel in which the main female character (Bella) turns a noted philanderer into a Bible-bashing lunatic as a result of her insatiable nymphomania? I'm still thinking about what I've read and that doesn't happen often with me. A modern classic!
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This review is from: Poor Things (Paperback)
This is a strange little book. Bizarre characters and an even more bizarre plotline, would on most occasions be a big turnoff for me. Yet I found myself unable to put this book down, and a month after first reading it I found myself reading it again!
Quirky Characters, and a certain depth of feeling, combine to instill within the reader a certain warmth. I honestly can't put my finger on it as to why I enjoyed 'poor things' quite as much as I did? But it is certainly a book I would recommend.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Clever, cheeky and poignant,
This review is from: Poor Things (Paperback)
This is a kooky story, told with warmth and charm. Gray's imagination is never less than fecund and highly flavoured, his characters are so real you can smell them. Another reviewer mentioned that there's a distinct flavour of Scot, but it doesn't get in the way of the text so don't let it put you off. He reminds me of Anthony Burgess in terms of his sense of fun, confidence and style, and the way he will make a story into something original and lovely of his own. Enjoy the ride.
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