Product Description

Tells the story of passion between a man and two women, one of whom is his wife. From the author of "The Assumption of the Rogues and Rascals".

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #44713 in Books
• Published on: 1992-11-19
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 112 pages

Customer Reviews

beautiful
About once a year I sit down and read this book. Partly because I think you need to read it more than once to fully understand Smart's prose and partly because her style of writing and her use of words take my breath away. She tells her story in such a unique way that it is sometimes hard to grasp exactly what is being said but the feeling behind the words is unmistakeable. Reading this book is like reading pure emotion. When you come to the end of the novel you're left knowing the pain of love and the depth with which it hits the heroine. She conducts an affair with a married man and knowing how closely the story relates to the history of Elizabeth Smart and George Barker always makes it feel like I'm reading the author's thoughts. It seems that through the pain she lives for love and exists for it completely for as long as it lasts.

If you like depth in a book I recommend this one. If you like By Grand Central Station I sat Down and Wept then Smart's The Assumption of Rogues and Rascals is just as beatiful.

Elizabeth Smart - By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept
There's not a lot to say about this short book so this review will be short also: By Grand central Station I Sat Down and Wept is one of the most important bursts of expressionist writing, of passionate intensity, that exist. It's a touchstone of the world's literature on mad love and it's extremes. It's wildly poetic, passionate and feverish. You'll devour it in one gulp and want to do so again and again. You MUST read it. So do.

More Than A Feeling
This book takes literaryness to a whole new level. It surpasses impressionism, even expressionism at it's best. It is a whirlwind of emotions. Rather than a mere book to be read, think of it as an experience to be savoured, a black-hole of emotion in which to hurl yourself - enjoy the ride!