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| Original Title: | A Certain Age: A Novel |
| ISBN: | 0385496117 (ISBN13: 9780385496117) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | Manhattan, New York City, New York(United States) |
Tama Janowitz
Paperback | Pages: 336 pages Rating: 3.16 | 969 Users | 51 Reviews
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| Title | : | A Certain Age |
| Author | : | Tama Janowitz |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 336 pages |
| Published | : | July 5th 2000 by Anchor (first published June 17th 1999) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Womens Fiction. Chick Lit. Contemporary. Novels |
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From the bestselling author of Slaves of New York comes a hilarious, clear-eyed, satiric novel about the sad plight of a misguided woman on the make in Manhattan. Thirty-two-year-old Florence Collins is an "aging filly-about-town"--still beautiful enough to be (sometimes) invited to the best parties and the right restaurants, but unmarried and rapidly going broke. In her world, marriage to a wealthy man is all that can save her, although Florence's hard-hearted search for security and status takes her on an inevitable downward spiral. New York "society novels" at the turn of the nineteenth century gave us a piercing look at the world and rituals of the city's wealthy; Janowitz here casts that tradition in a fresh light, giving us a tirn-of-the-century society novel that demonstrates how little seems to have changed. In a sly and unforgettable portrait of New York's haute monde, Janowitz brilliantly evokes a young woman's struggle for love and survival in the city that is as unforgiving today as it was a hundred years ago.Rating Based On Books A Certain Age
Ratings: 3.16 From 969 Users | 51 ReviewsColumn Based On Books A Certain Age
This is a terrific novel about a New York woman in her 30s who starts feeling the social implications of lacking a rich husband. Her downward spiral within the Hamptons Jitney set while she tries to snap up a suitable man is funny and sad. The writing is so good that the story unfurls like a movie, and I could actually hear the Saint Etienne album Good Humour in my head while reading it."A Certain Age" is an updating of "The House of Mirth," but whereas THoM is largely about Victorian women's lack of choices (compounded by Lily Bart's naivete and poor judgement), this book is only about the protagonist's appallingly poor judgement. As a result, there is literally nothing sympathetic about the protagonist, who seems completely unable to take care of herself and somewhat intent on destroying her life. As a reader, I lost patience with her much as her fictional friends seemed to.
If it weren't for some of her clever comparisons, I would have given this a 1 star. I hated this book overall. Unrealistic. I read several reviews claiming it was a modern day House of Mirth, but not really. This character had tons of choices and chose nothing productive. She was all sorrow for not finding a man to support her shopping habit while continuing to make the same mistakes, over and over again.The author was successful in making me hate Florence.Ugh. Don't bother. If I wasn't one of
(First read, pre-2010)I don't often dislike a book to the extent that I disliked this book. My wife and I often read books together, to each other, and we both hated this one. The female protagonist is appropriately depicted on the cover, because it seems as though every single situation in which she encounters a male in the book, she ends up on her back! Who wants to read about a woman like that? She lets every person in her life take advantage of her, and seems singularly clueless about all of
I love this novel so much. I read it years ago but i reread it every now and then. I liked the description very much I can feel the cool air coming from the a/c on my skin!
Hated it - a bad update of "House of Mirth"
more than just "didn't like it," i hated it. i really wish i could award this book zero stars. to paraphrase another view from, i think, elle magazine (don't scorn the source, they actually run intelligent and literate reviews, and their "elle's lettres" prizes are usually on-the-mark.)... anyway, back to the quote, "the author should look up the definition of "satire," read it, and die of shame." seriously, this book is that bad. it was deeply discounted on a remainder table, plus i received an
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