Synopsis
Ruthie s academic success has been Mrs. B s pride and joy, but as the novel begins, she and her husband Charles are on their way to the airport to collect their daughter who has had a nervous breakdown after an affair with a married professor.
Loosely inspired by Flaubert s Madame Bovary, Mrs. B focuses on the life of an upper middle-class family in contemporary Trinidad, who have, in response to the island s crime and violence, retreated to a gated community. Mrs. B (she hates the name of Butcher) is fast approaching fifty and her daughter Ruthie s return from university and the state of her marriage provoke her to some unaccustomed self-reflection. Like Flaubert s heroine Mrs. B s desires are often tied to the expectations of her social circle.
Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw writes with wit, with brutal honesty and with warmth for her characters, but the novel questions how far the Butcher clan s love of Trinidad as place their hedonistic pleasure in their holiday houses down the islands can carry them towards a deeper engagement with their fellow but less privileged islanders.
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À propos de l'auteur
Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw is a Senior Lecturer in French and Francophone Literatures in the Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics, The University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.
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Mrs. B
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Peepal Tree Press Ltd., 2014
ISBN 10 : 1845232313
ISBN 13 : 9781845232313
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Paperback. Etat : Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. N° de réf. du vendeur GOR008706839
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Mrs. B
Edité par
Peepal Tree Press Jun 2014, 2014
ISBN 10 : 1845232313
ISBN 13 : 9781845232313
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Vendeur : AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Allemagne
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Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Her daughter Ruthie's easy ascent through school and university has been Mrs. B's pride and joy for some time. But as the novel begins, she and her husband Charles are on their way to the airport to collect Ruthie, who has disgraced herself with a married man and a suicide attempt, and is, as they will soon discover, pregnant. Loosely inspired by Flaubert's Madame Bovary, the novel focuses on the life of an upper-middle-class family in a contemporary Trinidad that is turbulent with violence and popular dissatisfactions, in response to which the family have retreated to a gated community. Mrs. B (she hates the name of Butcher) is fast approaching 50, and Ruthie's return and the state of her marriage provoke her to some unaccustomed self-reflection. Much like Flaubert's heroine, Mrs. B's longings are diffuse but bounded by the assumptions of her social circle. And without ever losing sympathy for Mrs. B and her family, the novel asks some tough questions about what resources Mrs. B. can bring to her 'issues' and how she can find meaning in her life. And what of Ruthie Can her greater openness to the island challenge her easy acceptance of privilege Behind both women is the complex and fascinating figure of Aunt Claire, the family's reader, who has provided the only real nurture in Mrs. B's life. Can she do the same for Ruthie But, then, how far does her deep immersion in books really equip her for 21st-century Trinidadian life. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781845232313
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