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Cargando... The Torontonians (1960)por Phyllis Brett Young
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. This book was groud-breaking when written in the 1960s because it was an early example of writing about the "female malaise" of women who are under-employed intellectually and spiritually by life as a suburban housewife. Karen's life revolves around buying new carpeting and managing relationships with liked and unliked neibhbours. She is unhappy, but can't really say why. She is looking for something new, but can't really say what. As well as being a look at our not-so-distant past, this is an interesting story of one woman's struggle to enjoy her life. ( ) Published to considerable acclaim in 1960, The Torontonians was a Canadian bestseller. The book's dust-jacket describes the novel as "a brilliant presentation of the immediate predicament in which we all find ourselves, with Toronto the kaleidoscope through which we view it. To some this novel will be no more than a cynical glimpse behind the city's staid facade, to others simply a modern drawing-room comedy or a delightful picture of successful marriage; to many it will be a nostalgic memoir of the past thirty years, to many more a penetrating analysis of the contemporary social scene." The commentary adds, :these people are called Torontonians -- and their city is unmistakably Toronto during its period of fantastic growth in size and sophistication". Newly received and just added to the reading pile. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
The arrival, one sunny morning, of pale green wall-to-wall carpeting for the living room is the crowning jewel in Karen Whitney's long-anticipated transformation of her house into a beautiful home, renovated to the exacting standards of her own impeccable taste. The banal finality of this event triggers an introspective voyage through the events of her life and how she became who she is: wife of business executive Rick, citizen of the suburb of Rowanwood, mother to two accomplished daughters in university. Before Betty Friedan coined the term feminine mystique, The Torontonians told a classic feminist story of suburban ennui and existential self-discovery, tracing a detailed portrait of femininity in the 1950s through the eyes of its perceptive and thoughtful heroine. The book is also a unique contemporary meditation on community and social ties from a time when Canada's major cities were just beginning to spread out into suburban sprawl. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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