Time and Tide (novel)
Time and Tide is a 1992 novel by Irish novelist
The novel is a series of vignettes, self-contained stories, which the New York Times describes as "linked stories" rather than a full novel.[1] The last 60 pages were published in The New Yorker under the title of the "Wilderness".[2]
Reception
Reception of the novel was mixed, with all of the reviewers focusing on the novel's gloomy depiction of the struggles of a downtrodden woman. The Independent described the novel as tedious and boring, writing "Indeed it is by adhering to just such nonsensical notions of the literary project that Time And Tide ends up being the tedious, soppy, overblown novel it is."[1]
Other reviewers were more positive regarding O'Brien's continuation of her style.
References
- ^ a b c "BOOK REVIEW / Dump those moonbeams: Time and tide - Edna O'Brien". The Independent. 19 September 1992. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
- ^ a b c Conarroe, Joel (17 May 1992). "The Menaces of Everyday Life". New York Times Review of Books.
- ^ ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2 March 2016.