Donne eccellenti
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Una donna invaghita di un uomo tanto bello quanto sciocco, ma che non si cruccia del non avere speranza, anzi ne fa addirittura un punto di forza; un antropologo impegnatissimo nelle sue (forse inutili) ricerche e che, nell’altro sesso, cerca solo una donna “eccellente”, disposta cioè a semplificargli la vita. Romanzo tra i più celebri (e celebrati) di Barbara Pym, Donne eccellenti è una commedia romantica che si schiera apertamente contro l’idea che il matrimonio sia la meta ambita da tutte le donne. E lo fa sullo sfondo della Londra postbellica, ancora alle prese con gli edifici devastati dai bombardamenti e con le ben più profonde e insanabili ferite sociali e umane. Però sempre con la leggerezza e l’ironia che hanno reso Barbara Pym una delle autrici più rilevanti del ‘900.
- ISBN: 8896919525
- Casa Editrice: astoria
- Pagine: 256
- Data di uscita: 23-11-2012
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Aside from a few differences--living in the 1950s, being British, not being a teacher, being actively involved in church--Mildred Lathbury could easily be me. She's in her early 30s, she's unmarried, people keep telling her about their problems and expecting her to fix them, men think she's in love
With a sweetness reminiscent of Edith Wharton's gorgeous classic "The Age of Innocence," "Excellent Women" is proof, not solely of female excellence, but of the overall human goodness. Nothing short of miraculous, this novel about a wallflower who knows just how shitty men can often treat their coun Leggi tutto
This review first appeared on my blog Shoulda Coulda Woulda Books . Awhile ago, I asked for recommendations for books that take place in small villages. I'd just done a re-read of Emma and followed that up with An Accomplished Woman , and I was really enjoying the scale of the worlds and the consequent Leggi tutto
Why didn't any of you shout louder about reading Barbara Pym? I can't believe I'm nearly 50 and I've only just got round to reading her, because everything was perfect and lovely and wonderful about this book. So beautifully English. An 'ordinary' single woman, Mildred, in the 1950s, goes to church, Leggi tutto
I am re-reading Barbara Pym's books this summer to lift my spirits as I recover from physical injury. I find I can only take so much emotional stress before I retreat to her closely observed lives full of the quotidian routines of the women who are the backbone of the Anglican Church. Flower arrangi Leggi tutto
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