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A review by rknitss
After Sappho by Selby Wynn Schwartz
challenging
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
A Greek chorus tells the story of the intertwined lives of the sapphic writers, actresses, poets, dancers... (etc) Of the late 1800s to early 1900s.
I was fighting for my life with this book. I love the prose, the exploration of (fictional) intimate and intertwined lives of magnificent (and flawed) women. But it was heavy. This books takes us through some dark times for women, up to and including the rise of fascism in Italy.
I'm not a literary fiction girlie is what I've been reluctantly learning. This was brilliant but not my thing.
I was fighting for my life with this book. I love the prose, the exploration of (fictional) intimate and intertwined lives of magnificent (and flawed) women. But it was heavy. This books takes us through some dark times for women, up to and including the rise of fascism in Italy.
I'm not a literary fiction girlie is what I've been reluctantly learning. This was brilliant but not my thing.