A review by heartsneedle
Diary of a Mad Housewife by Sue Kaufman
5.0
4.5/5
“It was like the set of one of those movies where The Bomb has gone off, and the narrator of the movie is the only survivor left on earth. I stood there, bewildered, wondering if some terrible calamity had occurred, when I heard the faint oompah of drums and squee of trumpets floating, ghostly, on the wind. Swinging around, I saw the balloon figures hobbling, building-high, blocks down, and burst out laughing.”
Feminism, Materialism, Chauvinism
Mental Illness, Affair, Middle Class
The diary is a clever portrayal of late-twentieth-century marriage set in domesticity. I loved how the loose, substance writing and ironic-stylistic elements allowed the characters and story to unfold parallel. While the ending left me dissatisfied, it speaks to the era and the culture; Kaufman wrote it in and for.
“It was like the set of one of those movies where The Bomb has gone off, and the narrator of the movie is the only survivor left on earth. I stood there, bewildered, wondering if some terrible calamity had occurred, when I heard the faint oompah of drums and squee of trumpets floating, ghostly, on the wind. Swinging around, I saw the balloon figures hobbling, building-high, blocks down, and burst out laughing.”
Feminism, Materialism, Chauvinism
Mental Illness, Affair, Middle Class
The diary is a clever portrayal of late-twentieth-century marriage set in domesticity. I loved how the loose, substance writing and ironic-stylistic elements allowed the characters and story to unfold parallel. While the ending left me dissatisfied, it speaks to the era and the culture; Kaufman wrote it in and for.