Judith Hooper
Auteur de Of Moths and Men
A propos de l'auteur
Judith Hooper lives in Amherst, Massachusetts.
Œuvres de Judith Hooper
Would the Buddha Wear a Walkman?: A Catalogue of Revolutionary Tools for Higher Consciousness (1990) 28 exemplaires
Alice in Bed 1 exemplaire
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Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1949-04-15
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieux de résidence
- San Francisco, California, USA (birth)
- Professions
- journalist
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Alice in Bed: A Novel par Judith Hooper
I gave up on this book after the first 2/3rds and skimmed the remaining 1/3. I have read and enjoyed several novels, several essays, and several short stories by Henry James. I enjoyed them all. But Alice In Bed was simply boring and pointless.
4.5 I found this hard to put down. I particularly loved the end piece where the author speculates on Alice's physical and psychological states in modern terms.
I was never required to read any Henry James fiction in school. I did try Turn of the Screw recently (not finished) and I think I've picked up some of the novels. But I have the strong sense that this author is holding information over my head, taunting me with the sense that I will never get the joke.
I was never required to read any Henry James fiction in school. I did try Turn of the Screw recently (not finished) and I think I've picked up some of the novels. But I have the strong sense that this author is holding information over my head, taunting me with the sense that I will never get the joke.
It was a good book, and very interesting, but most of the information is quite old. They only have Positron Emission Tomography for brain scans. It also develops a sort of metaphysical bend on the brain when it comes to Out of Body Experiences and Near Death Experiences.
The information is about 30 years old after all, so of course it isn't cutting edge, but I didn't really expect that. I expected a bit of information and some entertainment, and that is what I got.
The information is about 30 years old after all, so of course it isn't cutting edge, but I didn't really expect that. I expected a bit of information and some entertainment, and that is what I got.
This is an imaginative and witty account of Alice James not just as the invalid sister of her famous brothers. Hooper depicts Alice as passionate, mischievous, intellectual and thoughtful. She is full of ideas and full of life. This a slowly paced novel that reveals much about the James family and their peers as well as the historical era as these were things Alice cared very much about. The dialogue is realistic and the letters included at the end of chapters provide a nice summary of the family happenings and climate. Obviously well researched, Hooper' s crossover to fiction is a success.
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 5
- Aussi par
- 3
- Membres
- 321
- Popularité
- #73,715
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- Critiques
- 9
- ISBN
- 17
- Langues
- 3