Looking forward to reading Woman’s World by Graham Rawle. I happened upon the website a while back and was intrigued by the idea of this book — it’s sounds so very very Betzy. I just got it from amazon.com (feel free to order your own copy!). While you’re visiting Mr. Rawle’s website, be sure to check out his hilarious series of “Lost Consonants.”
Quoting from the Graham Rawle website:
Norma Fontaine lives in a world of handy tips and sensible advice. Whether it’s choosing the right girdle or honing her feminine allure, she measures life by the standards set in women’s magazines. But Norma discovers that the real world is less delightful — and more sinister — than portrayed in the glossies. When dark secrets threaten her brother’s blossoming romance, Norma must decide whether to sacrifice life in a woman’s world for the sake of her brother’s happiness. As her decision is slowly revealed, readers realize that, like life in the magazines, Norma isn’t quite what she seems. Painstakingly assembled from 40,000 fragments of text snipped from women’s magazines, this strange and wonderful tale moves at the breakneck pace of a pulp thriller. A stunning visual tour de force, Woman’s World is also a powerful reflection on society’s definition of what it means to be a woman.Graham Rawle has painstakingly collected words and phrases from 1960s women’s magazines in order to tell Norma’s subversive story. Once removed from their context, the words have been reassembled to make the unique novel that is Woman’s World rich with the flavour and moral tone of the ‘donor’ material and as poignant as it is joyful.
January 31, 2008 at 9:15 am |
That DOES sound intriguing.
March 12, 2008 at 2:32 pm |
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