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The Unfolding by A.M. Homes book review
"The Unfolding," a sharp new satire by A.M. Homes, opens just after that national disaster that reshaped America in the early 21st century. The survivors are stunned, disbelieving, still ...
BookPage review of The Unfolding by A.M. Homes
Ever since the publication of her first novel, Jack (1989), and continuing through her 2018 story collection, Days of Awe, A.M. Homes has focused with laserlike precision on some of the darkest corners of contemporary American life.It makes sense, then, that in her provocative novel The Unfolding, she would turn to a bitingly satirical exploration of our current political predicament.
"The Unfolding" by A.M. Homes Entwines Politics with Family Saga
Political satire finds itself on a dangerous collision course with reality in A.M. Homes's The Unfolding, her 13th book—and her first novel in 10 years.Known for her preternatural ability to hone in on political flashpoints—from homophobia and parents coming out of the closet to mass school shootings—Homes dives headfirst into the minds of unlikely characters to illuminate society's ...
The Unfolding
The Unfolding Los Angeles Review of Books September 6, 2022. Back. The Unfolding "History Really Is a Human Story": A Conversation with A. M. Homes. ... The Unfolding is her 13th book — and first novel in a decade, since 2012's May We Be Forgiven, which won the Women's/Orange Prize. Well in the works before Trump was elected, it ...
The Unfolding
To fans of the overheated telenovela that is American politics, "The Unfolding" is studded with Easter eggs, miniature romans à clef: a defeated John McCain thanking his supporters on election night, Condoleeza Rice eating Thanksgiving dinner, George W. Bush cleaning out his desk in the Oval and gifting the Big Guy's daughter several ...
Book Marks reviews of The Unfolding by A. M. Homes
The Unfolding suggests no solutions to this plight, but it offers irresistible reflection on how the audacity of hope got pushed off the rails and fell into the slough of despond. Read Full Review >> Positive Jennifer Haigh , New York Times Book Review
The Unfolding by A. M. Homes
In the days following Donald Trump's inauguration in January 2017, Sinclair Lewis's dystopian novel It Can't Happen Here (1935), which describes the rise of fascism in an alternative United States, peaked at number four on Amazon's hour-by-hour bestseller list. In this context the opening words of A. M. Homes's eighth novel, The Unfolding, are not exactly subtle.
All Book Marks reviews for The Unfolding by A. M. Homes
The chief success of The Unfolding is the way in which Homes merges her personal and political plots ... The Unfolding is an unapologetically political novel that pushes back against that idea, an impressive read by a female writer daring, as one of her character notes, 'to insert words into the mouths of powerful men'.
The Unfolding
Take AM Homes. Her best-known book, The End of Alice (1996), defied comparisons: a tale of rape and child abuse, presented from the viewpoint of a paedophile, its grasp on the charms of a dangerous mind relied in how subtly it was told. By contrast, The Unfolding, Homes's first novel in a decade, is a mélange of political and domestic unrest.
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10 Best Books of 2024: The staff of The New York Times Book Review has chosen the year's top fiction and nonfiction. For even more great reads, take a spin through all 100 Notable Books of 2024 .
"The Unfolding," a sharp new satire by A.M. Homes, opens just after that national disaster that reshaped America in the early 21st century. The survivors are stunned, disbelieving, still ...
Ever since the publication of her first novel, Jack (1989), and continuing through her 2018 story collection, Days of Awe, A.M. Homes has focused with laserlike precision on some of the darkest corners of contemporary American life.It makes sense, then, that in her provocative novel The Unfolding, she would turn to a bitingly satirical exploration of our current political predicament.
Political satire finds itself on a dangerous collision course with reality in A.M. Homes's The Unfolding, her 13th book—and her first novel in 10 years.Known for her preternatural ability to hone in on political flashpoints—from homophobia and parents coming out of the closet to mass school shootings—Homes dives headfirst into the minds of unlikely characters to illuminate society's ...
The Unfolding Los Angeles Review of Books September 6, 2022. Back. The Unfolding "History Really Is a Human Story": A Conversation with A. M. Homes. ... The Unfolding is her 13th book — and first novel in a decade, since 2012's May We Be Forgiven, which won the Women's/Orange Prize. Well in the works before Trump was elected, it ...
To fans of the overheated telenovela that is American politics, "The Unfolding" is studded with Easter eggs, miniature romans à clef: a defeated John McCain thanking his supporters on election night, Condoleeza Rice eating Thanksgiving dinner, George W. Bush cleaning out his desk in the Oval and gifting the Big Guy's daughter several ...
The Unfolding suggests no solutions to this plight, but it offers irresistible reflection on how the audacity of hope got pushed off the rails and fell into the slough of despond. Read Full Review >> Positive Jennifer Haigh , New York Times Book Review
In the days following Donald Trump's inauguration in January 2017, Sinclair Lewis's dystopian novel It Can't Happen Here (1935), which describes the rise of fascism in an alternative United States, peaked at number four on Amazon's hour-by-hour bestseller list. In this context the opening words of A. M. Homes's eighth novel, The Unfolding, are not exactly subtle.
The chief success of The Unfolding is the way in which Homes merges her personal and political plots ... The Unfolding is an unapologetically political novel that pushes back against that idea, an impressive read by a female writer daring, as one of her character notes, 'to insert words into the mouths of powerful men'.
Take AM Homes. Her best-known book, The End of Alice (1996), defied comparisons: a tale of rape and child abuse, presented from the viewpoint of a paedophile, its grasp on the charms of a dangerous mind relied in how subtly it was told. By contrast, The Unfolding, Homes's first novel in a decade, is a mélange of political and domestic unrest.