Amalgamemnon
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Amalgamemnon
by Authors:
Christine Brooke-Rose
Released: 01 July, 1994
ISBN: 1564780503
Paperback
Sales Rank: 560,554
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$11.95
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Customer Review #1:
A virtuoso monologue
To give a plot synopsis of this novel would be almost pointless because the book is all about voice. The narrator spills out words and puns and jams them together (as in the title) to make new words, thus forcing the reader to think in new ways about how the words relate. It is also a novel of ideas, and in many ways, a novel about power. The narrator posits herself as Cassandra to the various Agamemnons (thus amalgamemnon) that ignore her. Technnology, capitalism, and Wester, male-dominated society are all forces that she struggles with. Interestingly, Brooke-Rose also foresees the power of terrorism and the threat of fundamentalism that responds to these same sources of powers. To be sure, though, this is mostly a novel about language, and if you dont enjoy playful, postmodern punning, then skip this one.
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