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Books : Notes from an Exhibition
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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780007254668
ISBN: 0007254660
Label: HarperPerennial
Manufacturer: HarperPerennial
Number Of Pages: 374
Publication Date: January 07, 2008
Publisher: HarperPerennial
Studio: HarperPerennial
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- A fantastic read!
A fantastic read! I've recommended it everyone I know, and have now starting reading the rest of Patrick Gale's books. Rough Music is also excellent.
Rating:
- Great once I had got into it
Patrick Gale's book Notes from an exhibition centres around the life of renowned artist Rachel Kelly who suffers from Bipolar Disorder. Gale explores the effects that mental illness has on a family as a whole. The book is heavily characterised and the reader gradually discovers the consequences that Kelly's illness has had for each of her children and also her devoted husband Anthony.
Gale is particularly clever in the way he opens each chapter with an exhibition note about a piece of ... Read More
Rating: - A good read and will read some of his others
I thoroughly enjoyed this book! A good read. Subject matter was interesting and the resulting family interactions and relationships were skillfully woven. The descriptions of Cornwall were superb and knowing the area well I was able to be vividly transported back there. A good meaty holiday read.
Rating: - Shattered Lives
First of Patrick Gale's novels that I've read and found it a very 'gentle' read, even though the subject matter was anything but gentle. A story of family life and family deaths and, at the centre, Rachel - the mother, forever wrestling with her own demons, for as well as being a gifted artist, she was bipolar. We learn of the effect this had on her husband's life, as well as the lives of her three children as they grew up. Time has moved on, the children are all adults and Rachel has died. Following ... Read More
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- Multiple viewpoints don't add up to a novel
What started out as a fairly enjoyable, if rambling, novel ended up as an excess of pointless multiple views that had me keen to finish and get it over with. I rarely give up on a novel, especially one that begins with such promise, but it was a hard slog to an end that had neither resolution nor satisfaction.
Part of the problem is due to the multiple viewpoints, a device deliberately chosen, and which sometimes works. It fails so dismally here because it destroys all suspense, leaving the ... Read More
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Notes from an Exhibition
by: Patrick Gale
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EAN: 9780007254668
ISBN: 0007254660
Label: HarperPerennial
Manufacturer: HarperPerennial
Number Of Pages: 374
Publication Date: January 07, 2008
Publisher: HarperPerennial
Studio: HarperPerennial
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Average Rating:
Rating:
- A fantastic read! A fantastic read! I've recommended it everyone I know, and have now starting reading the rest of Patrick Gale's books. Rough Music is also excellent.
Rating:
- Great once I had got into itPatrick Gale's book Notes from an exhibition centres around the life of renowned artist Rachel Kelly who suffers from Bipolar Disorder. Gale explores the effects that mental illness has on a family as a whole. The book is heavily characterised and the reader gradually discovers the consequences that Kelly's illness has had for each of her children and also her devoted husband Anthony.
Gale is particularly clever in the way he opens each chapter with an exhibition note about a piece of ... Read More
Rating:
- A good read and will read some of his othersI thoroughly enjoyed this book! A good read. Subject matter was interesting and the resulting family interactions and relationships were skillfully woven. The descriptions of Cornwall were superb and knowing the area well I was able to be vividly transported back there. A good meaty holiday read.
Rating:
- Shattered LivesFirst of Patrick Gale's novels that I've read and found it a very 'gentle' read, even though the subject matter was anything but gentle. A story of family life and family deaths and, at the centre, Rachel - the mother, forever wrestling with her own demons, for as well as being a gifted artist, she was bipolar. We learn of the effect this had on her husband's life, as well as the lives of her three children as they grew up. Time has moved on, the children are all adults and Rachel has died. Following ... Read More
Rating:
- Multiple viewpoints don't add up to a novelWhat started out as a fairly enjoyable, if rambling, novel ended up as an excess of pointless multiple views that had me keen to finish and get it over with. I rarely give up on a novel, especially one that begins with such promise, but it was a hard slog to an end that had neither resolution nor satisfaction.
Part of the problem is due to the multiple viewpoints, a device deliberately chosen, and which sometimes works. It fails so dismally here because it destroys all suspense, leaving the ... Read More
Antiquarian, Rare & Collectable • Art, Architecture & Photography • Audio CDs • Audio Cassettes • Biography • Business, Finance & Law • Calendars, Diaries, Annuals & More • Children's Books • Comics & Graphic Novels • Computing & Internet • Crime, Thrillers & Mystery • Fiction • Food & Drink • Gay & Lesbian • Health, Family & Lifestyle • History • Home & Garden • Horror • Humour • Languages • Mind, Body & Spirit • Music, Stage & Screen • Poetry, Drama & Criticism • Reference • Religion & Spirituality • Romance • Science & Nature • Science Fiction & Fantasy • Scientific, Technical & Medical • Society, Politics & Philosophy • Sports, Hobbies & Games • Study Books • Travel & Holiday • Young Adult • e-Books •
