The Metaphysical Touch
by Sylvia Brownrigg
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To Emily Piper (known as Pi) philosophy means a safe, hushed place where people talk about important things. Pi is a homeless philosopher, whereas JD is a Hamlet looking for his Horatio as he threatens suicide on the Internet. This is a complex story of love between two people who have not yet met.Tags
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The stories of Pi and JD -- their sorrows and the connections they make during the early days of email and chat rooms -- is capably rendered, however grossly overwritten. This novel's impact would have doubled if half the text was shed of its long, underwhelming navel-gazing passages. Dialogue had moments of brilliance, weighed down by moments of utter and complete banality. However, Brownrigg shows promise. She tackles subjects like suicide, death, divorce, and disaster with a wise and steady hand.
Different and interesting.
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Der äußere Rahmen, in den beide Lebenssituationen eingebettet sind, wird ausführlich und doch oberflächlich geschildert, der Reiz mancher Motive nicht ausgeschöpft. Wirklich interessant ist der Roman nur im direkten Mail-Kontakt zwischen den Protagonisten. Wie sich in dieser körperlosen Welt zwei Menschen sehr nahe kommen können, wird als vielschichtiger Prozeß geschildert.
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Sylvia Brownrigg is the author of the novel "The Metaphysical Touch" (FSG, 1999) & a collection of short stories, "Ten Women Who Shook the World" (FSG, 2000). She lives in San Francisco. (Bowker Author Biography)
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- Canonical title
- The Metaphysical Touch
- Original title
- The Metaphysical Touch
Classifications
- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, General Fiction, Suspense & Thriller, Romance
- DDC/MDS
- 813.54 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English 1900-1999 1945-1999
- LCC
- PS3552 .R7867 .M47 — Language and Literature American literature American literature Individual authors 1961-
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- Reviews
- 3
- Rating
- (3.57)
- Languages
- English, German
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 6
