The Fat Woman's Joke - Softcover

Weldon, Fay

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0897332369 ISBN 13: 9780897332361

Verlag: Academy Chicago Publishers, 1995

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Book by Weldon WELDON Fay

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"Fay Weldon gives an acute, comical analysis of the ordinary acts that precipitate marital crises... and makes the much belabored "role of woman" thing into a witty, crackling commentary." -- Library Journal

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In flashback and from the depths of her basement apartment in Earls Court, Esther describes the history of her marital disaster--in between her consumption of chocolate cake, tinned fruit, sweet sherry, and a host of other highcalorie confections. Funny, bizarre, and painful in equal doses, this novel, like her other works Down among the Women and Female Friends, examines the role of womanhood. The time is the mid1960s when sex role stereotypes were being examined and rejected, and The Fat Woman's Joke miraculously reflects the passions, humor, and anger of an era when women's selfanalysis entailed a healthy dose of disruption. Weldon depicts the rage and outrage of that era while examining the interplay of pain and humor that so often characterizes changing romantic relationships.

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• Verlag: Academy Chicago Publishers
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0897332369
• ISBN 13: 9780897332361
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 189