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| Original Title: | Blue Angel |
| ISBN: | 0060882034 (ISBN13: 9780060882037) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Ted Swenson, Angela Argo |
| Setting: | Pennsylvania(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | National Book Award Finalist for Fiction (2000) |
Francine Prose
Paperback | Pages: 314 pages Rating: 3.35 | 3316 Users | 427 Reviews
Describe Out Of Books Blue Angel
| Title | : | Blue Angel |
| Author | : | Francine Prose |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 314 pages |
| Published | : | February 28th 2006 by Harper Perennial (first published March 22nd 2000) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Novels. Literary Fiction. Academic. Academia. Contemporary |
Rendition In Favor Of Books Blue Angel
It has been years since Swenson, a professor in a New England creative writing program, has published a novel. It's been even longer since any of his students have shown promise. Enter Angela Argo, a pierced, tattooed student with a rare talent for writing. Angela is just the thing Swenson needs. And, better yet, she wants his help. But, as we all know, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. . . .Deliciously risqué, Blue Angel is a withering take on today's academic mores and a scathing tale that vividly shows what can happen when academic politics collides with political correctness.
Rating Out Of Books Blue Angel
Ratings: 3.35 From 3316 Users | 427 ReviewsJudgment Out Of Books Blue Angel
Don't you love train wrecks? Or, better question, who doesn't? This book is a train wreck, and in the best way.A failing, aging writer is forced to make a living as a professor, teaching creative writing to talentless snots at a small Vermont university. Said writer, who has a lovely, blameless wife, finds himself drawn to one of these students. Spoiler alert: it doesn't end well.We witness sexual humiliation, professional humiliation, the disintegration of a marriage, career, a man. What voyeurI read this book because of a recommendation on Ricochet. I was not disappointed.I am a male university professor with predominantly female students, so this story had particular resonance for me, dealing as it does with the potential mine-fields that constitute the university classroom today. The title refers to the unforgettable Marlene Dietrich movie of the same name ("Falling in love again...can't help it"), and the movie plays a role in the novel. As I read, I found myself almost out-loud
Despite Proses professional writing and how little seems to have changed since 2000 (or was Prose unusually prescient?), the novel covers well-trodden ground and is based on a relationship that simply wasnt very interesting, at least to me. I read most of it, but couldnt make it to the end.
Near the end of this story of a seductress and her feckless, hubristic seducee, there is a moment when the seduceea teacher who has gone off the wiregives up and doesnt even try to defend himself, because the story has gotten so complex that saying anything simple seems impossible. It would feel like a lie. And he has lost the ability.Thats how I feel about this book. Anything simple would be a lie. The story is an intricate psychological dance between a student and a teacher, where neither is
Blue Angel, written by Francine Prose (who has the greatest name for a novelist ever), emits the beautiful, multi-colored flames as a large structure falls to ash. It is worth a look, or a read, despite its failure. One, the book is filled with cardboard characters. The supporting characters, in particular, are built on insufficient description that relies on nickel and dime stereotypes. The characters lack any depth. The lesbian feminazi college student can do nothing but shout down those she
This novel was a New York Times Notable Book, and a finalist for the National Book Award. These accolades prove the reverse of what you'd imagine: not that Blue Angel is a good read, or anything or literary merit, but that standards on the whole have fallen. This novel fails on so many levels, I felt insulted 150pgs in and angry by the end.The novel wants to be either a satirical critique of political correctness, and how its guilty-without-trial ethos of college-level sexual harassment is as
I came upon this book by chance in half price books clearance section. Wow, I loved it.
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