Miss MacIntosh, My Darling
by Marguerite Young
Taste attributes: dramapsychologicalslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginaryintricateglossybig & variedemotive & stirringall consuming questtroubled leadssolving the riddle/not as it seems
Boxlist takeStylish and inventive: a moving novel, heavy rather than light. Best if you like surprises over comfort.
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Pace: slow · Originality: very fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: very heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: intricate · Structure: balanced · Look: very glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score
About This Book
Deals with a young girl's quest for reality and her eventual acceptance of the place of illusion in human existence. This novel is one of the most ambitious and remarkable literary achievements of our time. It is a picaresque, psychological novel--a novel of the road, a journey or voyage of the human spirit in its search for reality in a world of illusion and nightmare.
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- Author
- Marguerite Young
- Published
- 1965
- Pages
- 1198
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- Open Library
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