Rameau's Niece - Brossura

Schine, Cathleen

Brossura

ISBN 10: 054752188X ISBN 13: 9780547521886

Casa editrice: Mariner Books, 2011

Riassunto

In this delightful novel from an author who "has been favored in so many ways by the muse of comedy,"* we meet Margaret Nathan, the brilliant but forgetful author of an unlikely bestseller. Happily married to a benevolently egotistical, slightly dull but sexy professor, Margaret seems blessed—until she finds herself seduced by an eighteenthcentury novel she discovers in the library.Rameau’s Niece is wise, affecting, and thoroughly entertaining.

Wrapped in its lascivious world, Margaret begins to imitate its protagonist, embarking on a hilarious jaunt around Manhattan in search of renewed passion. Will she find fulfillment through her escapades or settle for her husband? Part romantic comedy, part intellectual parody, Rameau’s Niece is wise, affecting, and thoroughly entertaining.

* New York Review of Books

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Praise for Rameau’s Niece

"Rameau’s Niece is a jeu d’esprit for readers who would be able to guess that from the title, and who would feel at home in the milieu it inhabits. . . . A very amusing novel, which is demurely antimodern all the way through." —New York Times Review of Books

"An enchanting comedy of modern manners, the sort of hilarious satire of academic life David Lodge or Kingsley Amis might write if they lived and worked in New York. . . . In recounting Margaret's quest to achieve a sentimental education, Ms. Schine demonstrates a hilarious ability to satirize the pretensions and presumptions of the New York intelligentsia. Her eye for the telling detail and the giveaway gesture is faultless, and her ear for dialogue is just as finely attuned. . . .  Like the heroines of Ms. Schine's earlier novels . . . Margaret is a wonderfully idiosyncratic character, who begs to take up long-term residence in our minds. It is a measure of Ms. Schine's growth as a novelist that Margaret's story stands on its own and at the same time opens out, like an ingenious puzzle box, to become a nimble philosophical satire of the academic mind and its mindless trust in reason." —New York Times

"Schine demonstrates an astute ability to sum up modern relationships." —People

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"Witty, erotic, hilarious . . . . A deft comedic novel written in high style."—People

"Howlingly funny . . . . A wonderfully inventive comic voice."—New York Times Book Review

Meet Margaret Nathan, the brilliant but forgetful author of an unlikely bestseller. Happily married to a benevolently egotistical, slightly dull but sexy professor, Margaret seems blessed—until she finds herself seduced by an eighteenth century novel she discovers in the library.

Wrapped in its lascivious world, Margaret begins to imitate its protagonist, embarking on a hilarious jaunt around Manhattan in search of renewed passion. Will she find fulfillment through her escapades or settle for her husband? Part romantic comedy, part intellectual parody, Rameau’s Niece is wise, affecting, and thoroughly entertaining.

"A zestful satire . . . . A brainy romantic comedy."—Chicago Tribune

"A screwball send-up of New York intelligentsia."—New York

CATHLEEN SCHINE is the author of many novels, most recently The Three Weissmanns of Westport, as well as the international bestseller The Love Letter, Alice in Bed, To the Bird House, She Is Me, and The New Yorkers.

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• Editore: Mariner Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 054752188X
• ISBN 13: 9780547521886
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 284