Waterstones The Gate of Angels
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Brand: Waterstones
Description: Shortlisted for the Booker Prize. It is 1912, and at Cambridge University the modern age is knocking at the gate. Fred Fairly, a Junior Fellow at the college of St Angelicus, where for centuries no female, not even a pussy cat, has been allowed to set foot, lectures in physics. Science, he is certain, will explain everything. Until into Fred's orderly life come Daisy. Fred is smitten. Why have I met her? he wonders. How can I tell if she's quite what she seems? Fred is a scientist. To him the truth should be everything. But even scientists make mistakes. Waterstones The Gate of Angels - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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Merchant: Waterstones
Product ID: 9780006543602
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ISBN: 9780006543602
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Author: gerardpeter
Rating: 5
Review: It is perhaps not desirable to review on Amazon one novel by an author in relation to others she has written, as many readers here will be looking to try a writer for the first time. However…in this case…at least I wish to say that Gate of Angels is very similar to The Beginning of Spring in all the good ways. And also a joy. The setting is Cambridge University in 1912. The world of physics is in turmoil, recent discoveries upending values and understanding. This is only part of the plot, however, you won’t need a science degree to follow. There are rather more touches of the ghostly and the mysterious. The shadow of the coming War falls on the reader but not the characters, unaware that any happiness will be brief and prospects short-term. It lends a bitter sweetness to the story. Just as with Beginning of Spring. The novel begins with a bicycle accident. This encounter of hero and heroine sets the novel on its way. Penelope Fitzgerald's characters are active agents in their destiny, or try to be – fate and chance play a hand, too. Or perhaps it is just the random collision of particles. A very neat touch combines all of these elements. Fred and Daisy are delightful. The author references with accuracy the suffragettes, Edwardian health care, the new department stores, love, sex and atomic physics. This edition has an informative introduction by Philip Hensher.
Author: Bobbie
Rating: 2
Review: Fred Fairly, a junior fellow at St Angelicus college, and Daisy Saunders, a trainee nurse, are casualties of a cycling accident. Fred is smitten; Daisy is a mystery. This is the second Penelope Fitzgerald I’ve tried, and I’m afraid it will be the last. In particular scenes, with particular characters, she raises a smile with her wit, and I’m willing to be wooed, but (as with The Beginning of Spring) the narrative failed to cohere, didn’t involve me and, as it went by, was almost immediately forgettable. This was shortlisted for the Booker, and Fitzgerald has enthusiastic fans, but she isn’t for me.
