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A review by aspiralingreader
Robinsons Tochter by Jane Gardam
4.0
It might be true that no man is an island, but in the first half of the 20th century women are stranded.
The language is simple and the prose feels wide-spaced, beautifully reflecting the open landscape of the marshes. I loved how the drama was subdued and all the strands were subtly woven together in the end. It starts out pretty slow though and in the beginning, it was (at least to me) not very clear, where the story was going. But you might just as well see this as a strength.
Only in the end, the Robinson theme became really heavy-handed. That might have been partially justified by those illiterate readers, that actually haven’t read Robinson Crusoe before (like me ;)) and who otherwise wouldn’t have figured out some of the themes. But I would have appreciated it more, if it had been kept in the subtext (I might be illiterate, but I’m very apt at using google).
Otherwise I would definitely recommend it.
The language is simple and the prose feels wide-spaced, beautifully reflecting the open landscape of the marshes. I loved how the drama was subdued and all the strands were subtly woven together in the end. It starts out pretty slow though and in the beginning, it was (at least to me) not very clear, where the story was going. But you might just as well see this as a strength.
Only in the end, the Robinson theme became really heavy-handed. That might have been partially justified by those illiterate readers, that actually haven’t read Robinson Crusoe before (like me ;)) and who otherwise wouldn’t have figured out some of the themes. But I would have appreciated it more, if it had been kept in the subtext (I might be illiterate, but I’m very apt at using google).
Otherwise I would definitely recommend it.