Surfacing
4 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by crimson-tide from Balingup, Western Australia Australia on Monday, January 26, 2009
On the "1001 Books . . . " list.
Amazon Description:
"Part detective novel, part psychological thriller, Surfacing is the story of a talented woman artist who goes in search of her missing father on a remote island in northern Quebec. Setting out with her lover and another young couple, she soon finds herself captivated by the isolated setting, where a marriage begins to fall apart, violence and death lurk just beneath the surface, and sex becomes a catalyst for conflict and dangerous choices. Surfacing is a work permeated with an aura of suspense, complex with layered meanings, and written in brilliant, diamond-sharp prose. Here is a rich mine of ideas from an extraordinary writer about contemporary life and nature, families and marriage, and about women fragmented...and becoming whole."
Reserved for Tizzalicious as a wishlist tag.
Journal Entry 3 by crimson-tide at Balingup, Western Australia Australia on Thursday, April 23, 2015
Hmm . . . this went off in totally unexpected directions. Great prose, but somehow didn't really grab me. Now off on a trip as promised.
Journal Entry 4 by crimson-tide at Port Germein, South Australia Australia on Thursday, April 23, 2015
Released 8 yrs ago (4/23/2015 UTC) at Port Germein, South Australia Australia
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Posted off today to Tizzalicious as a wishlist tag.
Thanks so much! :) Found this waiting for me after a trip. Always good to come home to new books!
It took me a little while to read this, because Mountain TBR is enormous, but I finally did, and I enjoyed it :) Thanks again!
I will be passing this on to my friend Lotte, who will then probably pass it on to her sisters. It will probably come back to me afterwards, so I can send it back into the big wide world :)
I will be passing this on to my friend Lotte, who will then probably pass it on to her sisters. It will probably come back to me afterwards, so I can send it back into the big wide world :)
Journal Entry 7 by MMMaartje at BC Meeting 2017 in Castricum, Noord-Holland Netherlands on Saturday, July 1, 2017
Released 6 yrs ago (7/2/2017 UTC) at BC Meeting 2017 in Castricum, Noord-Holland Netherlands
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Taking this to Castricum for the yearly BC meetup! :)
Still left in Castricum by the end of the day, so I took it back home with me!
Sending this to Dark-Draco as a RABCK! Enjoy!
Journal Entry 11 by dark-draco at Ledbury, Herefordshire United Kingdom on Wednesday, January 10, 2024
I've read a lot of Atwood's books over the years, but this is the first one I've found to be completely indecipherable. That's not to say I couldn't read it, as Atwood's language, as ever, is great. But I just couldn't access the story or the characters. These must be some of the most obnoxious people I have read - David is awful, essentially a bully, while his wife, Anna, seems to pander to his every whim - I just wanted to shake her. And Joe was a non-entity to me - maybe in the same way he was to the narrator.
But it was her that was so hard to fathom. You glean bits about her life, but these change as the stories she tells herself change - the epitome of an unreliable narrator. And her descent into madness (or enlightenment - if you want to read it that way) makes hard reading. She jumps between topics and, to be honest, I really couldn't follow any of her reasoning or understand exactly what was going on. I did keep reading to try and find out, but it didn't even have a particularly satisfying ending.
The first of Atwood's books I have been disappointed by :(
But it was her that was so hard to fathom. You glean bits about her life, but these change as the stories she tells herself change - the epitome of an unreliable narrator. And her descent into madness (or enlightenment - if you want to read it that way) makes hard reading. She jumps between topics and, to be honest, I really couldn't follow any of her reasoning or understand exactly what was going on. I did keep reading to try and find out, but it didn't even have a particularly satisfying ending.
The first of Atwood's books I have been disappointed by :(
Journal Entry 12 by dark-draco at Oppem’s Birthday Group, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- United Kingdom on Friday, January 12, 2024
Released 2 mos ago (1/15/2024 UTC) at Oppem’s Birthday Group, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- United Kingdom
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I read many books of Margaret Atwoods, but not this one.
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I read many books of Margaret Atwoods, but not this one.
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