Chaplin and Company
A Literary Fiction, European Literature, Fiction book. Being different, being alike: an orphan, a canal boat community, and the silent world of mime (London,...
Introducing... Odeline Milk, a strange young lady from a sleepy, buttoned-down market town.A young lady with an obsession – you can guess what it is by the way she dresses: white collarless shirt, a waistcoat and billowing black trousers, the bowler hat.She’s on her way to London, to make her name as a great mime artist.She hopes.And typical Odeline, she’s arriving prepared. With the small inheritance left her by her mother, she’s bought herself a home, an old canal boat.What she doesn’t know yet is that for some the city’s canals have an appeal of their own. They are below the eyeline, a sort of halfworld, a good place to hide for a community of curious outsiders, all with their own stories to tell, stories which might help a certain young lady to think differently about life.Because there’s a lot Odeline doesn’t know. Not least, that her new home has a history of its own.
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- Pages: 384 pages
- ISBN: 9780224097352 / 224097350
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Being different, being alike: an orphan, a canal boat community, and the silent world of mime (London, present-day): It takes courage for a debut author to pen a novel full of odd and unlikable characters in an unfamiliar setting. It also takes originality. And a respect for the readers sensibilities to care about these unconventional... This was a quite creative book about a young woman who comes to London to make it as a performance artist. The main character, a woman with little empathy toward others, is focused on becoming a mime after significant support from her accountant mother. The book is advertised as this woman's experience with the rougher part of London,... Odeline is 18 years old. She leaves her small village for London after her mother dies. She dreams of finding her fame and fortune as a mime and illusionist. Her idol is Marcel Marceau and she is determined to meet him and follow in his footsteps. She also dreams of finding her father, whom she didn't know about until her mother's death....
