Rosecrans Baldwin
Auteur de You Lost Me There
A propos de l'auteur
Crédit image: Square Books, Oxford, MS
Œuvres de Rosecrans Baldwin
Oeuvres associées
Significant Objects: 100 Extraordinary Stories about Ordinary Things (2012) — Contributeur — 57 exemplaires
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Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1977-03-30
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
- Études
- Colby College
- Professions
- novelist
essayist - Organisations
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Duke University
Miami Dade College
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 5
- Aussi par
- 1
- Membres
- 592
- Popularité
- #42,409
- Évaluation
- 3.5
- Critiques
- 34
- ISBN
- 27
- Langues
- 1
Cornelia, the young dreadlocked liberated vegan hippy and live-in goddaughter, I thought was a largely unnecessary and weak character. Her provacative presence in his house seems meant to be the impulsive spark that finally, years after his wife's death, helps drive Victor to his emotional breakthrough/breakdown, but besides the character being annoying, I found this dynamic and relationship unconvincing. In addition it forced the inclusion of scenes featuring her father, sadly another annoying pest of a character who even Victor, his childhood best friend, can't wait to be rid of. Better to have struck this part of the novel out and found another means of propelling Victor out of his emotionally deadened rut.
Yet Baldwin clearly has talent and parts of the novel do shine, enough to keep me reading to the end. As others note, the note cards left behind by Sara that provide her view of her and Victor's marriage are particularly strong. Anyway, as a debut novelist Baldwin is certainly entitled to not yet be at the top of his game. I'll not hesitate to read his second novel.
And if you're looking for an excellent novel about a man dealing with the loss of his wife, consider taking a look at A Happy Marriage by Rafael Yglesias...
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