The Halt During the Chase - Paperback
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:New Directions Publishing CorporationISBN-13:9780811237451ISBN-10:811237451UPC:9780811237451Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:World Literature, Humorous, Coming of AgeBook Topic:EnglandSize:7.90 x 5.20 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.55Product ID:SCZYBFEJZV
Sophie--a clever and charming young woman--is trying to get out from under her mother's thumb. She's in love with her childhood friend Philip (pragmatic, attractive, a bit of a bore), but she often worries that she loves him too much for her own good, and that he might only be another thumb to crawl under.
Both a sincere bildungsroman of Sophie's attempt to seize a life for herself and a comic masterpiece with cutting observations and asides, The Halt During the Chase is flutteringly alive as it discusses different forms of love, adulthood ("Isn't buying new lampshades a form of slow death?"), marriage, insecurity, and stifling British snobbery and classism. Sophie's voice, fueled by Tonks's acidic narration, evolves from thrashing about in various traps into a triumphant, croaky-throated liberation song.
Both a sincere bildungsroman of Sophie's attempt to seize a life for herself and a comic masterpiece with cutting observations and asides, The Halt During the Chase is flutteringly alive as it discusses different forms of love, adulthood ("Isn't buying new lampshades a form of slow death?"), marriage, insecurity, and stifling British snobbery and classism. Sophie's voice, fueled by Tonks's acidic narration, evolves from thrashing about in various traps into a triumphant, croaky-throated liberation song.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:New Directions Publishing CorporationISBN-13:9780811237451ISBN-10:811237451UPC:9780811237451Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:World Literature, Humorous, Coming of AgeBook Topic:EnglandSize:7.90 x 5.20 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.55Product ID:SCZYBFEJZV
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