The Last Book Party
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فرمت کتاب
audiobook
تاریخ انتشار
2019
نویسنده
Jesse Vilinskyناشر
Macmillan Audioشابک
9781250236159
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- اطلاعات
- نقد و بررسی
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نقد و بررسی
May 27, 2019
Dukess’s vivid debut travels back to the summer of 1987 when an aspiring writer lands a job as an assistant for a well-known writer. Eve Rosen is a secretary at Hodder, Strike and Perch, a publishing company. While staying in Truro, Mass., with her family during the summer, Eve is invited to a party at the home of writer Henry Grey, where she meets his carefree son, Franny, and the two engage in a brief affair. After realizing that her secretarial position is a career dead end, Eve takes Henry up on his offer of a research assistant position for the summer. Though she enjoys working for Henry, and he begins to value her opinion, their friendship changes into an affair they both understand will likely end once the summer is over. Henry and his wife, Tillie, meanwhile, continue to plan the their end-of-summer party where everyone dresses up as their favorite literary character. Eve’s novelist friend Jeremy Grand comes for the party, but not all goes as planned, as Eve discovers some disturbing things about the origins of the plot of Jeremy’s novel. Clever characterizations bolster this enticing coming-of-age story.
Jesse Vilinsky's dramatic narration reveals a young woman's transformation during a summer spent with a group of writers on Cape Cod. Vilinsky's high tones and pacing bring out aspiring writer Eve Rosen's na�vet� and her fascination with illustrious writer Henry Grey and his peers. Although some of the characters aren't fully distinguishable in the beginning, Vilinsky quickly finds their voices and maintains them consistently. The exaggerated, overenunciated delivery Vilinsky uses to portray the haughty high-society writers contrasts with the casual, friendly manner of Henry and his son, Franny. Vilinsky's more grounded tone reflects how 25-year-old Eve's attitudes and behavior change after summer heartbreak and relationship revelations. A proficient performance of this atmospheric story. M.F. � AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine
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