Uncommon Arrangements
Seven Marriages in Literary London 1910 -1939
$65.38
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
1 November 2009
Summary
Drawing on the memoirs, letters and diaries of a group of British intellectuals writing between 1910 and the Second World War, UNCOMMON ARRANGEMENTS paints a witty and insightful portrait of seven ‘marriages a la mode’, each triumphantly casting off Victorian inhibitions and pursuing bohemian ideals of freedom and equality.
But as well as love and passion, there were tolerance, denial, anger, jealousy and drama. The Bloomsbury group’s Clive and Vanessa Bell opened up their marriage to…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781844082711 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1844082717 |
| Author: | Katie Roiphe |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 1 November 2009 |
| Weight: | 248g |
| Dimensions: | 24mm x 132mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
** ‘Roiphe works her way “inside” each marriage … UNCOMMON ARRANGEMENTS will teach you many things, none of them comfortable
Roiphe tries to unravel the complex ties that kept these couples together. She does so with great perception and a kind of critical sympathy - Herald Sun
Here’s the perfect bedside book for an age like our own, when everything is known and nothing is understood. Roiphe takes the prism of the past and turns high gossip into cultural insight… At the end of her book we feel we know these couples as intimately as if we were part of their circle - Tina Brown, NEW YORK TIME BOOK REVIEWElegantly written…Roiphe has a sharp way with a phase…[an] artful selection of quotes - INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAYRoiphe works her way “inside” each marriage…UNCOMMON ARRANGEMENTS will teach you many things, none of them comfortable - LITERARY REVIEWKatie Roiphe
Katie Roiphe is an important voice in non-fiction. Her articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Esquire, Harper’s and The New Yorker. She has also written widely for the UK press.
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