- Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: Sceptre; First Thus edition (6 Mar 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0340684682
- ISBN-13: 978-0340684689
- Product Dimensions: 20.8 x 14.5 x 3 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,149,045 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Having written a best-selling biography, Margaret Nathan is hard at work on an 18th-century pornographic manuscript. She finds herself seduced by the lascivious novel and it begins to take over her life, setting her on a frenzied search for real knowledge and passion.
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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Anything but a waste of time!
25 Sep 2000
Format:Paperback
I just had to write something to offset the only review this book has been given here. Rameau's Niece is a terrific book- a clever and often very funny send-up of the world of academia and the timeless chasm between human intelligence and the human sex drive. The characters aren't *meant* to be likeable. They're generally bewildered intellectuals and wannabe hedonists, meant to be entertaining.
Take a chance. Buy this book.
11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
A *Wonderful* Book
1 Oct 2000
Format:Paperback
I also want to respond to that bitterly negative one-star review. I'd say that I've read *Rameau's Niece* six times at least, with undiminished enjoyment. It does appeal primarily to a narrow audience (it was recommended to me when I was in graduate school), but I resent the reviewer presuming to speak for everyone in roundly asserting that reading it is "a waste of time." Reading it has been some of the best time I've ever spent.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
For an afternoon of fun...
17 July 2001
Format:Paperback
Read this book. It's fun in a literary sort of way, so if you're not into that kind of thing, then you might want to give it a miss. I love reading and aspire to be one of those arty, high brow literary types but know I can't, so I read books like these to live vicariously through the characters. But seriously, enough with the bad reviews already! This is an entertaining, quirky, and humorous read. Sure, the characters are annoying at times... but they're meant to be that way, and besides, name one person in your own life who isn't. There you go! So read this book (be sure to have a cup of coffee and some cookies nearby, because it's just that sort of book) and come back here and tell us how much you enjoyed it.
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