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An Honest Woman : a Very Bookish Novel by JoAnn McCaig is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is An Honest Woman : a Very Bookish Novel about?

The structure of the novel is complex, layered, and interwoven. There are several narrators, stories within stories, and writers making things up and fantasizing while living real (albeit fictional) lives. There are literary allusions galore and cameo appearances by thinly disguised famous authors. It can all get a little crazy, so McCaig has provided a few support materials: an infographic that maps out the different characters, and relationships and authorships, a fairly detailed table of contents, a few postscripts, and a couple of appendices. Watch for symbols that indicate that the narrator has lapsed into fantasy and for when she returns to her "real" life, such as it is. That said, An Honest Woman has enough grounded familiar plot lines to keep a general reader interested and layered ambiguities to keep the well-read interested. While there is some undermining of traditional literary conventions, there is nothing lost in McCaig's exploration of the relationship between literature and life. The novel is humorous, and sometimes really funny; it is also a smart and warm and moving read.

Author

JoAnn McCaig

Publisher

Saskatoon [Saskachewan]: Thistledown Press; Ottawa, Ontario: Canadian Electronic Library

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9781771871792