Marni Jackson
Autor de Pain: The Fifth Vital Sign: The Science and Culture of Why We Hurt
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Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1947
- Género
- female
- Nacionalidad
- Canada
- Agente
- Samantha Haywood (Transatlantic Literary Agency)
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- Obras
- 10
- También por
- 1
- Miembros
- 152
- Popularidad
- #137,198
- Valoración
- 4.0
- Reseñas
- 5
- ISBNs
- 24
- Idiomas
- 1
- Favorito
- 1
The main character is so sketchily drawn as to be mostly a dream, a dream who can make cornbread from scratch in the wilderness and advise the world. In the background her marriage dissolves, her career languishes.
She’s plucky, though, and the adventures are both dreamy and fun- Leonard Cohen explaining about roasted marshmallows is one of my favourite scenes.
A light, charming book, filled with stories that seem drug induced. I quite enjoyed it, and there are a few images that will remain in my mind forever.
It sure didn’t help my already sour view of John Updike, though...… (más)