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Lädt ... Moo (1995)von Jane Smiley
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. funniest book about academe I've ever heard - on trip to and from Columbia Gorge ( ) I really enjoyed reading this book. The vast panorama of characters is constantly giving us different points of view, keeping the story well-paced and interesting. I liked Smiley's cynicism about the bureaucratic workings of a state university. Yes, higher education is a noble thing, but the purveyors of a higher education are often far less noble. In fact, they can be crass, vindictive and money-grubbing with few compunctions about throwing higher education under the bus in favor of the institution. Smiley used two symbols that I loved. The first was the secret garden hidden in the very heart of campus which was destroyed. The second was poor old Earl Butz, the forgotten hog in the heart of campus, whose unforeseen and untimely appearance forced irrevocable changes to the university itself. A lot of people haven't liked this offering from Jane Smiley. It's a satire of life at a midwestern agricultural university. There are dozens of characters. Most are stand-ins for particular campus types, and include students, professors, and administrative officials (including a super-human administrative aid who really runs the whole university). Even the lunch lady from the cafeteria has a part to play, as well as the owner of a big corporation who, with possible evil motives, is dangling the offer of research money to the cash-strapped university. All the characters are broadly-drawn and no one individual could be called a "main character." I had a hard time keeping track of who was who, which detracted from my enjoyment of the novel. There is also very little plot. It is more of a "slice of life" novel. Nevertheless, the novel is enjoyable if you go into it recognizing these limitations. Instead of focusing on and examining a specific aspect of academic life or a character or two, Smiley is covering Academia and its denizens with the broadest possible brush. It's not her best novel, but still worth a read. 3 stars
Jane Smiley's new novel is a sprawling and hilarious spoof of contemporary life set in a fictional Midwestern university, whose initials provide its nickname, MOO. Sometimes "Moo" relies on university in-jokes, but mostly Smiley is dealing with human nature. After laughing at each character and enjoying the twists and turns of the plot, readers may also find themselves reflected in this large and forgiving mirror of modern life. AuszeichnungenPrestigeträchtige AuswahlenBemerkenswerte Listen
Klappentext: Jane Smiley, die für ihren Roman "Tausend Morgen" mit dem Pulitzerpreis ausgezeichnet wurde, legt einen weiteren, diesmal heiter-ironischen Roman vor. Er spielt auf dem Campus einer "Ackerbau- und Viehzuchtuniversität" irgendwo im Mittleren Westen der USA. Hier wimmelt es von Dummköpfen und Weisen, Wohltätern und Profitjägern, Denkern, Karrieristen und Spezialisten der verschiedensten Disziplinen. Ihnen allen gemeinsam ist das Bestreben, Sponsoren ausfindig zu machen, die die leeren Uni-Kassen füllen sollen. Besondere Hoffnung setzen sie auf einen texanischen Milliardär, dessen Reichtum auf dem Einfall beruht, Hühnerdreck als Hühnerfutter zu verkaufen. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Klassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt:
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