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All the Usual Hours of Sleeping

Penelope Shuttle

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Description:Penelope Shuttle's first full-length novel is a masterful analysis of a classic triangular relationship between two women and one man. Convinced that her life lacks a vital dimension, Rachel abandons her life with Tomas for the challenge and excitement of foreign horizons. Yet even so she cannot relinquish him to the apathetic ritual of a marriage with Herma. She is driven to return, to destroy their relationship. But the bond between these two women goes beyond a mutual love and greed for Tomas; their bitter duel gradually assumes a mystifying, almost sinister, complexity. Love and hate, respect and contempt, envy and jealousy motivate their conflict, with Tomas no more than a focal point for their entangled emotions. AS this vortex of passions whirls to a climax, the struggle falls into focus: they have destroyed each other for Tomas when it was their relationship they were fighting to solve. Tomas is suddenly superfluous. This is an extremely original and skillful examination of a familiar situation. Miss Shuttle uses language in an excitingly evocative way: she explores the structure of this complex relationship through words that reflect with great sensitivity and perception the subtle innuendos of intense human emotion. Born in 1947, Penelope Shuttle began to write poetry at the age of 14. Her first short novel was published in 1967. She lives with her parents and, in between secretarial jobs, is working on another novel. (Blurb - dated 1969)We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with All the Usual Hours of Sleeping. To get started finding All the Usual Hours of Sleeping, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 238

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Calder & Boyars

Release: 1969

ISBN: 0714500283

Description: Penelope Shuttle's first full-length novel is a masterful analysis of a classic triangular relationship between two women and one man. Convinced that her life lacks a vital dimension, Rachel abandons her life with Tomas for the challenge and excitement of foreign horizons. Yet even so she cannot relinquish him to the apathetic ritual of a marriage with Herma. She is driven to return, to destroy their relationship. But the bond between these two women goes beyond a mutual love and greed for Tomas; their bitter duel gradually assumes a mystifying, almost sinister, complexity. Love and hate, respect and contempt, envy and jealousy motivate their conflict, with Tomas no more than a focal point for their entangled emotions. AS this vortex of passions whirls to a climax, the struggle falls into focus: they have destroyed each other for Tomas when it was their relationship they were fighting to solve. Tomas is suddenly superfluous. This is an extremely original and skillful examination of a familiar situation. Miss Shuttle uses language in an excitingly evocative way: she explores the structure of this complex relationship through words that reflect with great sensitivity and perception the subtle innuendos of intense human emotion. Born in 1947, Penelope Shuttle began to write poetry at the age of 14. Her first short novel was published in 1967. She lives with her parents and, in between secretarial jobs, is working on another novel. (Blurb - dated 1969)We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with All the Usual Hours of Sleeping. To get started finding All the Usual Hours of Sleeping, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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