- Paperback: 154 pages
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC; New edition edition (20 Oct 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0747544409
- ISBN-13: 978-0747544401
- Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 1.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 782,840 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Carlin Romano "The Philadelphia Inquirer"A European "Catcher in the Rye" or "Less than Zero" -- a "spokenovel" for its generation....Abounds in gleaming sentences, in burnished image after image...[Jenny] is a beautifully disciplined writer.
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Jo watches her mother's ritual of bereavement over the death of her second husband. Jo's father had been her first husband. Jo is torn between the father who raised her and the mother who left her for 12 years, but who may now at last need her help.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I've read the novel and was completely taken by it. It's the first novel of this young Swiss woman and I think it's really among the best out of this small country, Switzerland. The characters are totally true and believable and the storyline very concise and full of true sentiments. Read it!
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
A VERY LYRICAL AND HONEST, PORTRAIT-LIKE NOVEL
27 Aug 1999
Format:Hardcover
The POLLEN ROOM is a beautiful novel. The honesty from the narrator is compelling. Such honesty is rarely found in any novel. But the narrator's honesty, as compelling as it is, is said in an indifferent manner, slightly resembling Csinero's style in THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET. I cannot comprehend the review above this, saying how she/he couldn't follow the novel and how she/he didn't understand anything at all from the novel. It's a very understandable book. This novel being narrated in a lonely child's-teenager's point of view might have confused her/him. I suggest that you read this novel. It's not the typical page-turner, some may even find it profoundly boring. But to those who loves reading and has the proper frame of mind to absorb exquisite literature, this is a great read. In reading a book, the book is not disposed to cooperate with you. The reader is responsible with adjusting his frame of mind. Never expect the book to suddenly change for you. Because it won't. And if you don't understand it, try until you do, unless you're a quitter. Because every novel out there has a reward to offer.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Extremly well done
24 Jan 2002
Format:Paperback
I loved this book i read it several times, it really dipicts parts of depression well, as well as showing the result of some of the children of the hippy generation that become so lost when there parents abandoned them. I wrote a Character analysis for school it is not very good but it gives you the basic idea:
Jo: figuring what she wants to do with the rest of her life. As a child she is left with the darker sides of her mind, as her father left her alone, when she reaches adolescence she is also lost by the abandonment of her mother, and the now lesser support of her father. She feels lost and frightened about what she might not become.
Lucy: Jo's mother leaves Jo when she is very young to deal with her father. Later takes Jo into her home when Jo is already passed 18. Marry's again to Alios, and when he dies she locks her self in her room, and creates a room full of dead flowers pollen, and later disregards Alios' existence. Has a hard time dealing with the idea that he she still has a daughter and tells everyone that it is her younger sister.
Jo's dad: not very parental, loves Jo, but has no connection with her, re-marries. A absent minded professor with his writing, even though it has never bin and never does get published
Jo: figuring what she wants to do with the rest of her life. As a child she is left with the darker sides of her mind, as her father left her alone, when she reaches adolescence she is also lost by the abandonment of her mother, and the now lesser support of her father. She feels lost and frightened about what she might not become.
Lucy: Jo's mother leaves Jo when she is very young to deal with her father. Later takes Jo into her home when Jo is already passed 18. Marry's again to Alios, and when he dies she locks her self in her room, and creates a room full of dead flowers pollen, and later disregards Alios' existence. Has a hard time dealing with the idea that he she still has a daughter and tells everyone that it is her younger sister.
Jo's dad: not very parental, loves Jo, but has no connection with her, re-marries. A absent minded professor with his writing, even though it has never bin and never does get published
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Impeccable Writing Style
5 Mar 2001
Format:Paperback
The structure of this novel and literary devices are incredible. While "The Pollen Room" is not heavily dramatic, it speaks in the voice of a generation, similar to "Catcher in the Rye" and "Less than Zero." The despondent tone of the novel while the narrator is trying to become herself and accept her family echoes the lost feelings of many in this age group. While her family runs from responsibility, she tries to run to herself. This novel is an impressive first novel for Jenny, although it lacks the active pace of the novels previously mentioned.
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