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City of Darkness: City of Light (Paperback)

by Marge Piercy (Author)
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  • Paperback: 496 pages
  • Publisher: Fawcett Books; 1st Trade Pbk. Ed edition (1 Nov 1997)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0449912752
  • ISBN-13: 978-0449912751
  • Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 14.4 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 838,053 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars worth reading, 30 Mar 2000
By brixtonite "brixtonite" (Brixton, London,England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: City of Darkness, City of Light (Hardcover)
i've read all Marge piercy's books and while this is not quite the best it's still a real page turner. She knows how to be radical in her treatment of women for instance without being treacly or false good at narrative and really getting inside the heads of her characters, with some lovely poetic turns of phrase. It tells the average reader like me an awful lot about the french revolution as it actually happened that I didn't know in a really quite gripping way.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Worth reading, 17 May 1999
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This review is from: City of Darkness, City of Light (Hardcover)
Being a fan of Marge Piercy I was delighted to find a book of hers I hadn't read. It depicts the events of the French Revolution through the lives of key characters. I didn't enjoy it as much as eg Summer People or Small Changes - I think because her narrative drive and skill at depicting shifts in relationships gets a bit lost in the wide historical sweep across characters who don't know each other. However the role of women in the Revolution in particular is one that was unknown to me and I found that fascinating.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Robespierre, 26 Mar 2009
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Marge Piercy has written an entertaining work, but seems to have trouble with accepting the fact that Robespierre (that ANY man) was a lifelong virgin: the clue to much in his personality! Hence she finds a bed-chum for him. Why should the fact of his virginity be such a problem for her?
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