Rosalind Belben
Author of Our Horses in Egypt
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Image credit: Royal Society of Literature
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Works by Rosalind Belben
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- Birthdate
- 1941
- Gender
- female
- Birthplace
- Dorset, England, UK
- Organizations
- Royal Society of Literature
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- Works
- 10
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- 2
- Members
- 143
- Popularity
- #144,062
- Rating
- 3.5
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- 10
- ISBNs
- 16
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The narrative is in short chunks, jumping in time from her childhood to his life after her death to the present moments in her hospital bed, and it is mostly stream of consciousness----sometimes hers and sometimes his.
At the level of individual sentences, there are some very evocative moments. At the level of an overall plot, it is simple; she dies.
Along the way we are given enough to infer much without being told directly---her childhood, his rawness, their sexual problems, hear illness, etc.
Very interesting book that, despite its relative brevity, is a slow and careful read.… (more)