The Annunciation
by Ellen Gilchrist
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Short story-writer Ellen Gilchrist's first novel is set among the upper crust in New Orleans.Tags
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It's turning out to be a bit of a pot-boiler with cliched language. There's one awful blunder where the protagonist is supposed to know French and Italian but in a couple of places counts in French and Spanish, but to top it off says nieve instead of nueve for nine - nieve means snow. Still I'll keep reading to see if it actually talks much about translating.
Well-written, yes, but I just couldn't care about these characters. I don't empathize with people who are so self-absorbed and who feel sorry for themselves despite having so many advantages.
Great first half, so-so second half -- but it was a very important book for me in my 20s, and my favorite for many years.
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She is the author of 16 works of fiction, including the story collection Victory Over Japan, which won the National Book Award & most recently, The Cabal & Other Stories. She lives in Fayetteville, Arkansas, Ocean Springs, Mississippi & New Orleans, Louisiana. (Bowker Author Biography)
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- The Annunciation
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- New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; USA; Arkansas, USA; Louisiana, USA
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