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Fecha de nacimiento: 1949-04-15
Género: female
Nacionalidad: USA
Lugares de residencia: San Francisco, California, USA (birth)
Ocupaciones: journalist

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Alice in Bed: A Novel por 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.

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Michael_Lilly | 4 reseñas más. | Oct 28, 2023 |

Alice in bed : a novel por Judith Hooper

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.

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Je9 | 4 reseñas más. | Aug 10, 2021 |

The Three-Pound Universe por Judith Hooper

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.

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Floyd3345 | Jun 15, 2019 |

Alice in Bed: A Novel por Judith Hooper

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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hfineisen | 4 reseñas más. | May 26, 2016 |

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