Fair Exchange
Michèle Roberts
Despite its depressing cover this book was quite the opposite and again,
Caroline really enjoyed it. Set in the late 18th/early 19th Century France
and a good portrait of French rural life with, as is common in this
author's books, lots of food. Caroline's one criticism was that the
literary device used to get the reader into the story is resurrected
towards the end of the book but to no great effect.
Caroline 21/3/99
Doreen thought this book ‘a bit of a cheat’. She didn’t see the point of the author ‘trying to kid the reader that the characters in the book are real people.‘ For example there is a character that appears to be Wordsworth but is later shown not to be. The men are annoying ‘as is often the case in books written by feminists’. A nicely written book, an interesting read but a bit odd.
Doreen 11/4/99
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