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A review by jamesd3313
The Passion of New Eve by Angela Carter
3.0
My second Carter book after [b:Nights at the Circus|653651|Nights at the Circus|Angela Carter|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1408540181s/653651.jpg|859276]. As was my experience with that book, I thought there were some really excellent parts (the first chapter was fantastic) but for the most part I found myself totally bewildered. It reads like a strange mix of [a:Virginia Woolf|6765|Virginia Woolf|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1419596619p2/6765.jpg]'s [b:Orlando|18839|Orlando|Virginia Woolf|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1443118010s/18839.jpg|6057225] and [b:Concrete Island|70251|Concrete Island|J.G. Ballard|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1386924909s/70251.jpg|1232126] by [a:J.G. Ballard|7010931|J.G. Ballard|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1497551843p2/7010931.jpg]: an exploration of feminism and gender in a very 70s dystopian science fiction setting.
It was certainly interesting, if not always engaging on a page-by-page basis. I think I might try this again at some point, after I’ve read some secondary material and maybe familiarised myself with the mythology that Carter draws on.
It was certainly interesting, if not always engaging on a page-by-page basis. I think I might try this again at some point, after I’ve read some secondary material and maybe familiarised myself with the mythology that Carter draws on.