Mick Jackson (1) (1960–)
Autor(a) de The Underground Man
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About the Author
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Obras por Mick Jackson
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Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1960
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- UK
- Local de nascimento
- Great Harwood, Lancashire, England, UK
- Locais de residência
- Brighton, Sussex, England, UK
- Educação
- Dartington College of Arts
University of East Anglia
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK - Ocupações
- writer
Membros
Críticas
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Prémios
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 10
- Also by
- 2
- Membros
- 938
- Popularidade
- #27,380
- Avaliação
- 3.6
- Críticas
- 45
- ISBN
- 111
- Línguas
- 7
But enough about me! Why should you read this? It's an engaging story. It's told from the widow's point of view, and she interacts with few people so it's largely a monologue of her thoughts, along with her behaviour. And that is done very well. The style fits the story and makes it very engaging. I liked the widow, she was strong but vulnerable; and she was quirky.
I liked that she wasn't rescued in the end. No knight in shining armour or fantastic best friend to save her. She was on her own, and she'll be okay...I think.
The book is written by a man speaking as a woman. I thought it was very well done and mused (yet again) about the arguments around authentic voice. By limiting ourselves, we would have missed this very good book.… (mais)