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 enlarge | Author: Graham Rawle
Publisher: Counterpoint
Category: Book
List Price: $25.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 455940
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 450
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 6.3 x 1.6
ISBN: 159376183X
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
EAN: 9781593761837
ASIN: 159376183X
Publication Date: January 28, 2008
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 Alot of excitement over nothing much... May 25, 2008
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
In reading & hearing about this book, I felt that this was one I had to get. When it came & I paged through it, yes I was impressed with the "set-up", and yes the author did an incredible amount of work, cutting & pasting and putting this unique read together. But as a readable story, I found it lacking in interest, plot and characterizations. I quickly passed on this read & resold it. Not worth the cost. If you get a chance to see it & browse through at a bookstore or library, I recommend doing that.
 Imaginative, witty, artful. May 12, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This story is well written, fun, creative & clever. The text/picture cutouts sprinkle 1960s language & images into a modern-day tale. An intriguing story that kept me delighted turning pages to see what the author's creativity would reveal. An absolute masterpiece of writing and art combined. Get it - you've not seen anything like it before.
Incredible journey May 3, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
As an English teacher in an urban setting, I am always searching for literature that is 'outside the box,' that breaks the rules of stuffy, formulaic writing by writers who have no artistic vision. With "Woman's World" I have ignited young adults struggling with literacy; they are creating their own literary visions from music and art magazines. Is not the purppose of literature to implore the reader to think, to create, to act? Is this not the a similar purpose of an artist? Not only are my students engaging in this artistic journey, but two other teachers are now using it. "Woman's World" is a complelling read, to say the least. Each line, each phrase, each word, draws the reader to think of the process, thus, one is drawn not only into the characters' lives, but one is drawn into the writer's life as well. What a refreshing read!
 Interesting format; OK story. March 15, 2008
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
I don't want to spoil the "surprise," but it isn't very hard to figure out. The collage format is impressive and interesting to read, but the story is just average. Certainly not much to discuss if you choose this title as a book club read. I wanted it to be better...other reviews tagged this book as "brilliant" and "genius" writing. I must respectfully disagree. I think the artistic value far outweighs the literary value. Certainly the effort and creativity spent organizing the text deserves kudos.
magnificent! March 12, 2008
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
The `woman' of the title exists through the cuttings that make up her story: so that in effect, the narrator is created by the text itself. This sounds a bit too clever by half: and it is: but that doesn't stop it being an un - put - down - able read.
Graham Rawle's expert manipulation of cuttings from 1960s womens' magazines presents a deeply compelling psychological portrait. A fascinating insight into the mindset of a `lady' prescribed by the media of the time - promoting obsession with home furnishings, elegant waistlines and a naive notion of romantic love - is juxtaposed with the ever more complex reality of a troubled and restless mind unable to lay ghosts from the past to rest. You're reeled in by a need to determine the `real' voice through the dizzying proliferation of media jargon and retro fashion imagery. As the plot seeps through the cracks between cuttings, the depiction of lonely characters going about their suburban routine existences masterfully undercuts the superficial glossy ideal. Our heroine's clumsy foot tries to boot the gritty banality of her world into a relentlessly romantic vision of glamorous cosmopolitanism. The fit is as ungainly as the dresses she dons. The result is by turns painfully sad, eery and hysterically funny. Latent hysteria sets the pace of this unlikely thriller, where reality and fantasy head for a full - on collision.
Each page is a work of art: incorporating the whimsical phraseology of the time, lacing kitsch inanities with instances of poetic poignancy, punctuating moments of insight with visual cues, the text literally sliding off the page in moments of panic. The modern - day Frankenstein's monster wears `raucous red Boulevard Court shoes'.
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