Lägg till bokmärkeI'll Take You There: A Novel
"Anellia" is a young student who, though gifted with a penetrating intelligence, is drastically inclined to obsession. Funny, mordant, and compulsive, she falls passionately in love with a brilliant yet elusive black philosophy student. But she is tested most severely by a figure out of her past she'd long believed dead.
Astonishingly intimate and unsparing, and pitiless in exposing the follies of the time, I'll Take You There is a dramatic revelation of the risks—and curious r... (show more)
"Anellia" is a young student who, though gifted with a penetrating intelligence, is drastically inclined to obsession. Funny, mordant, and compulsive, she falls passionately in love with a brilliant yet elusive black philosophy student. But she is tested most severely by a figure out of her past she'd long believed dead.
Astonishingly intimate and unsparing, and pitiless in exposing the follies of the time, I'll Take You There is a dramatic revelation of the risks—and curious rewards—of the obsessive personality as well as a testament to the stubborn strength of a certain type of contemporary female intellectual.
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What I found most striking in this novel was the description of the relationship between the main character and her father. The pain of being blamed for her mother's death and being treated with condescension and disdain by other family members made Annelia a very interesting character, emotionally speaking. The description of college life in the early 1960s, joining a sorority and being expected to have the means to keep oneself prim and proper at all times was also very enlightening. It onl... (show more)
What I found most striking in this novel was the description of the relationship between the main character and her father. The pain of being blamed for her mother's death and being treated with condescension and disdain by other family members made Annelia a very interesting character, emotionally speaking. The description of college life in the early 1960s, joining a sorority and being expected to have the means to keep oneself prim and proper at all times was also very enlightening. It only confirmed my suspicions that certain facets of American life were extremely elitist and taught society nothing but to be a pig-nosed snob. Also read this if you're a fan of John Cheever's 'Far From Heaven' which has similiar themes - of a white woman falling in love with a black man that is. (show less)
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My guess is that this is one of the most autobiographical of Oates's works. It is a lot more down-to-earth than most of what she writes and contains a lot of the sort of personal misery that one normally can't convey to people without watering it down and making it seem so pedestrian. She makes you feel the humiliation and the hurt the character goes through. It's a good book for anyone who's felt like an outsider and who has loved without being loved back. There are these wonderful moments i... (show more)
My guess is that this is one of the most autobiographical of Oates's works. It is a lot more down-to-earth than most of what she writes and contains a lot of the sort of personal misery that one normally can't convey to people without watering it down and making it seem so pedestrian. She makes you feel the humiliation and the hurt the character goes through. It's a good book for anyone who's felt like an outsider and who has loved without being loved back. There are these wonderful moments in the novel such as when the character sees her father on his death bed. Don't want to ruin the story for any potential readers, but Oates does have a deliciously wicked sense of humor. (show less)
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