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A Girl's Guide to Modern European Philosophy (Paperback)

by Charlotte Greig (Author) "I WOKE UP LATE THAT MORNING ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Other Press; 1 edition (12 May 2009)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1590513177
  • ISBN-13: 978-1590513170
  • Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 14 x 2.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 2,213,553 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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[A] touching and poetic narrative... so well constructed that you cannot stop turning the pages to find out what happens next. --Aesthetica --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.


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4.0 out of 5 stars No Bluestocking, 25 Jul 2009
This review is from: A Girl's Guide to Modern European Philosophy (Paperback)
Susannah Jones, our heroine, is about as egocentric as you can get. Sure, she is a keen observer of her fellow students at Sussex University, but her first person narrative demonstrates that she is even more interested in herself. And that, perhaps, is how it should be if you are an attractive twenty-year-old, with a well-heeled boyfriend, as well as a fast developing relationship with fellow student. Susannah's frankness with the reader about some of the details of her affair contrasts with her efforts to keep her lovers in the dark about each other!
The first person approach has its charm and the author provides lively and amusing narrative. We have to take Susie as we find her, and to see the world from her own perspective. I would guess that if she were a real person many men would find her very attractive but perhaps not the most comfortable of potential partners.
As her life becomes more complicated and the choices she faces become more problematical Nietzsche is followed by Heidegger and then Kierkegaard in her studies and as philosophical guides. But do not worry! You don't need a degree in philosophy to follow the trajectory of the text.
If you are looking for similar novelists Elaine Dundy and Jean Rhys spring to mind. Charlotte Greig is clearly talented and possibly this novel may have a greater relevance and appeal to young women than to men of my age. I suspect that this novel aims higher than much popular fiction, but to be fair I have little to go by as I do not read a great deal of that genre!
And despite the emotional problems that the heroine confronts she retains her amusing style and maintains the readers involvement to the end.

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8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Witty and intelligent , 5 Oct 2007
By Simon Clarke (Hackney London) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Girl's Guide to Modern European Philosophy (Paperback)
Charlotte Greig's first novel is a witty and intelligent
story of a female Sussex University student in the 1970's dealing with her
problems -with a little help from some prominent European
philosophers . Those who went to university in this era are likely
to find it very evocative.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Girl' Guide to European Philosophy, 4 Nov 2008
By anna "Anna" (Co Durham,UK) - See all my reviews
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A bit slow to start and but eventually totally fantatic and thought provoking. I kept on considering the scenarios thrown up in the book and relating them to real life for a while after I had finished it. In fact, it was marvelous and I learnt a bit about European philosophers too.
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