The Wrong Side of Paradise
“There is no question but that Amy is the whole novel—everything stands and falls on her reality, her vitality. We get this essence of the real Amy in bursts such as her remark, almost a declamation, to Colette: ‘You must never underestimate the healing powers of sleeping all night in the arms of a beautiful, decent man.
“That is not ostentatiously written: it has the ring of truth, of conviction, to it: and it shows us the stuff of which Amy is made. We further are able to peruse this stuff, and take its depth and measure with Amy’s credo, when she tells Colette: ‘…I’ve never regretted those so called, great losses. And now, after having been alone seven years, having passed through a period of cold, hardened determination, of fighting, tooth and nail, and carved out an entirely new career, I sometimes find myself turning sentimental again, wishing I now had another affair, similar to the one I had had with Paul, and recently I’ve been looking around for one, but no luck. The new goal now is for me to get out of this town because the kind of man I’m looking for is no longer bred here.’
“There is a sort of self-conscious awareness, a minor magnificence, to such statements coming from the lead character of the novel. One is put just a bit in mind of the Tennessee Williams’ females such as the Princess in SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH. Indeed, Amy, in her strengths, does partake of a certain Tennessee Williams flavor—which is fine, since it is not a copy that is being indicated here, it is just a sort of flavor. She is, that is to say, just a bit larger than life: and that is just as fine, as long as it works.”
SCOTT MEREDITH
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“That is not ostentatiously written: it has the ring of truth, of conviction, to it: and it shows us the stuff of which Amy is made. We further are able to peruse this stuff, and take its depth and measure with Amy’s credo, when she tells Colette: ‘…I’ve never regretted those so called, great losses. And now, after having been alone seven years, having passed through a period of cold, hardened determination, of fighting, tooth and nail, and carved out an entirely new career, I sometimes find myself turning sentimental again, wishing I now had another affair, similar to the one I had had with Paul, and recently I’ve been looking around for one, but no luck. The new goal now is for me to get out of this town because the kind of man I’m looking for is no longer bred here.’
“There is a sort of self-conscious awareness, a minor magnificence, to such statements coming from the lead character of the novel. One is put just a bit in mind of the Tennessee Williams’ females such as the Princess in SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH. Indeed, Amy, in her strengths, does partake of a certain Tennessee Williams flavor—which is fine, since it is not a copy that is being indicated here, it is just a sort of flavor. She is, that is to say, just a bit larger than life: and that is just as fine, as long as it works.”
SCOTT MEREDITH
The Wrong Side of Paradise
“There is no question but that Amy is the whole novel—everything stands and falls on her reality, her vitality. We get this essence of the real Amy in bursts such as her remark, almost a declamation, to Colette: ‘You must never underestimate the healing powers of sleeping all night in the arms of a beautiful, decent man.
“That is not ostentatiously written: it has the ring of truth, of conviction, to it: and it shows us the stuff of which Amy is made. We further are able to peruse this stuff, and take its depth and measure with Amy’s credo, when she tells Colette: ‘…I’ve never regretted those so called, great losses. And now, after having been alone seven years, having passed through a period of cold, hardened determination, of fighting, tooth and nail, and carved out an entirely new career, I sometimes find myself turning sentimental again, wishing I now had another affair, similar to the one I had had with Paul, and recently I’ve been looking around for one, but no luck. The new goal now is for me to get out of this town because the kind of man I’m looking for is no longer bred here.’
“There is a sort of self-conscious awareness, a minor magnificence, to such statements coming from the lead character of the novel. One is put just a bit in mind of the Tennessee Williams’ females such as the Princess in SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH. Indeed, Amy, in her strengths, does partake of a certain Tennessee Williams flavor—which is fine, since it is not a copy that is being indicated here, it is just a sort of flavor. She is, that is to say, just a bit larger than life: and that is just as fine, as long as it works.”
SCOTT MEREDITH
“That is not ostentatiously written: it has the ring of truth, of conviction, to it: and it shows us the stuff of which Amy is made. We further are able to peruse this stuff, and take its depth and measure with Amy’s credo, when she tells Colette: ‘…I’ve never regretted those so called, great losses. And now, after having been alone seven years, having passed through a period of cold, hardened determination, of fighting, tooth and nail, and carved out an entirely new career, I sometimes find myself turning sentimental again, wishing I now had another affair, similar to the one I had had with Paul, and recently I’ve been looking around for one, but no luck. The new goal now is for me to get out of this town because the kind of man I’m looking for is no longer bred here.’
“There is a sort of self-conscious awareness, a minor magnificence, to such statements coming from the lead character of the novel. One is put just a bit in mind of the Tennessee Williams’ females such as the Princess in SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH. Indeed, Amy, in her strengths, does partake of a certain Tennessee Williams flavor—which is fine, since it is not a copy that is being indicated here, it is just a sort of flavor. She is, that is to say, just a bit larger than life: and that is just as fine, as long as it works.”
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| BN ID: | 2940013244672 |
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| Publisher: | Branden Books (Branden Publishing Company, Inc.) |
| Publication date: | 10/07/2011 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 649 KB |
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