(publ. Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
The Waterfall is a 1969 novel by British novelist Margaret Drabble. The novel is one of Drabble's more experimental narratives, starting as a third person narrative but quickly dominated by a first person protagonist Jane Gray, to guide the reader through her love affair and life.
Reception
The New York Times reviewer Maureen Howard gave the novel mixed reviews, suggesting that it wasn't artistic enough. Howard writes that the novel is missing a "richness of seemingly effortless design, that is missing in Margaret Drabble's work. Like her heroine, she is still confined in a self-conscious world."
References
- ^ Howard, Maureen (23 November 1969). "The Waterfall". The New York Times Books.
Further reading
- Creighton, Joanne V (1 January 1987). "Sisterly Symbiosis: Margaret Drabble's "The Waterfall" and A. S. Byatt's "The Game"". Mosaic. 20 (1).
- Zivley, Sherry Lutz (30 August 2012). "Neurosis and Recovery in Margaret Drabble's The Waterfall". PSYART: A Hyperlink Journal for the Psychological Study of the Arts.
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