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The Halt During the Chase
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ISBN10: 0811237451
ISBN13: 9780811237451
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Published: Oct 3 2023
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.70 Width: 5.20 Depth: 7.90
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780811237451
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Published: Oct 3 2023
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.70 Width: 5.20 Depth: 7.90
Language: English
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.
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