Union Street and Blow Your House Down
A British Literature, Literary Fiction, European Literature book. Both These two Novels were exceptional
Union Street, Pat Barker's first novel, concerns seven neighboring women near a factory in northeast England. Life for these women is trying: some of them are married to alcoholics, some are victims of abuse; one is old and near death, another is still a child but has the experience of an...
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- Pages: 416 pages
- ISBN: 9780312240899 / 312240899
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The wives and girlfriends of British coal-miners get pregnant, get married, get stalked by serial killers. All of which is, at times, incongruously and brilliantly funny--but more often poignantly bleak. This was my first Pat Barker (philistine!) but it will not be my last. These are the first Pat Barker novels I have read. I love the focus on the life of working class women and their strong will to survive. They feel authentic and true.The northern English cities are some of my favorites. Barker perfectly describes the gritty and dark side throughout and ends the second novel with a description of amazing... Both These two Novels were exceptional
