Sarah Perry (2) (1979–)
Auteur de The Essex Serpent
Pour les autres auteurs qui s'appellent Sarah Perry, voyez la page de désambigüisation.
Œuvres de Sarah Perry
Oeuvres associées
Eight Ghosts: The English Heritage Book of New Ghost Stories (2017) — Contributeur — 102 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Perry, Sarah Grace
- Autres noms
- Butler, Sarah Grace (Birth name)
Butler, Sarah - Date de naissance
- 1979-11-28
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- UK
- Pays (pour la carte)
- England, UK
- Lieu de naissance
- Chelmsford, Essex, England, UK
- Lieux de résidence
- England, UK
- Études
- Royal Holloway, University of London (PhD ∙ Creative Writing)
- Professions
- author
Journalist - Prix et distinctions
- Fellow, Royal Society of Literature
Membres
Critiques
Listes
2010s (3)
Magic Realism (1)
Library TBR (1)
Rising water (1)
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 6
- Aussi par
- 5
- Membres
- 4,429
- Popularité
- #5,654
- Évaluation
- 3.6
- Critiques
- 268
- ISBN
- 133
- Langues
- 16
- Favoris
- 6
The book has a range of characters and a range of subplots. Many of the characters were so loosely defined, as well as the subplots they supported, that I struggled to make sense of them. Maria? Who, really, was she, and what did her social conscience bring to the story? Naomi's contribution to the book underwhelmed me.
Cora, William Ransome, Stella, the Imp, Francis - these all interested me and when they were 'on stage', the story moved onward. Their letters I found illuminated their characters and the story itself and I looked forward to the interludes when they were printed. I believed in each of the major characters in a way I was unable to when one of the many 'walk on' characters was playing his or her part.
I liked the sense of place . I don't know Essex at all, and found the way in which it was described, making it so central to the story itself, sympathetic, and I was absorbed when the area itself became the subject of the writing.
In general though, I was disappointed. I wanted to get this book out of the way so I could get on with something that was for me more rewarding.… (plus d'informations)