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The Story of a Marriage (Hardcover)

by Andrew Sean Greer (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 208 pages
  • Publisher: Faber and Faber (3 Jul 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0571240984
  • ISBN-13: 978-0571240982
  • Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14.2 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 165,980 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Evocative and beautufully written, 5 Aug 2008
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This is an extraordinary book in many ways. The main thread is the unfolding story of an unusual marriage as remembered by the wife many years later. The author is neither the age, gender nor race of the narrator yet one believes that this is the voice of the wife. He evokes America in the 1950s with great clarity interweaving all sorts of interesting vignettes from events of the time. The story of the marriage emerges slowly, but there are surprises on the way that keeps one wanting to find out what happens next. The writing is a pleasure to read as it flows gracefully and excites the imagination with sparkling descriptions and deft use of similes. Recommended
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3.0 out of 5 stars Sleeping Duty, 21 Sep 2008
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A lean, satisfying feast following a summer of bloated novels, Greer's new novel--his third--gives us the story of Pearlie Cook, reluctant adulteress in 1950s America. Hysteria and menace are everywhere, as all-pervasive as the cloying San Francisco fog. This is the McCarthy era: a time when a housewife's silence is a sign of guilt for having 'brought about the Korean War, the rise of communism, the death of so many of our soldiers, and perhaps the end of the world.' From chronicling such pressured times, Greer's prose achieves the compression of poetry. Like those of Elizabeth Bowen, his aphorisms beg to be committed to memory, like bullet-point guides to understanding life better: 'I knew silence, which like an exotic poison--odourless, tasteless--brings a subtle madness to the victim.' Or: 'Health is only enjoyed in the blithe ignorance that you will lose it. In that way it is like youth'. And: 'Perhaps love is a minor madness. And as with madness, it is unendurable alone.' If the pace slackens in the fifth part, and if the public & private worlds don't always fuse with total success, we have Greer's taut prose and piercing insights to compensate.
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4.0 out of 5 stars quite good, 12 April 2009
By rubbah "rubbah" (Hertfordshire) - See all my reviews
I wasn't expecting to enjoy this book as much as i did. it's a slim novel and so quick to read, yet it leaves you thinking for some time about the nature of marriage, love and relationships, as well as the the war and how it affects life, even years after.
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