The Waterfall (novel)
(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.[1]
Reception
[edit]The New York Times reviewer Maureen Howard gave the novel mixed reviews, suggesting that it wasn't artistic enough.[1] 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."[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Howard, Maureen (23 November 1969). "The Waterfall". The New York Times Books.
Further reading
[edit]- 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.