A really interesting read. I got a bit lost at times, but the way it’s written makes it stand out. It’s different in a good way, and that’s why I think it’s worth picking up.
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A high-school sex scandal jolts a group of teenage girls into a new awareness of their own potency and power. The sudden and total publicity seems to turn every act into a performance, and every platform into a stage. But when the local drama school decides to turn the scandal into a show, the real world and the world of the theatre are forced to meet, and soon the boundaries between private and public begin to dissolve . . . THE REHEARSAL is an exhilarating and provocative novel about the unsimple mess of human desire. Startlingly original, it is at once a tender evocation of its young protagonists and a shrewd expose of emotional compromise. It introduces a boldly inventive and extraordinarily accomplished new voice in New Zealand fiction. "This is a daring book, full of velvety pleasures but never afraid to show its claws. Eleanor Catton is crazily talented and insightful - and best of all, she makes language seem new." - Emily Perkins.
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The rehearsal, Eleanor Catton
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- Released
- 2008
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- Title
- The rehearsal
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Eleanor Catton
- Publisher
- Victoria University Press
- Released
- 2008
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 316
- ISBN10
- 0864735812
- ISBN13
- 9780864735812
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Adventure, Young Adult, Love, Contemporary Fiction, LGBTQ+, Sexuality & Intimacy, Theatre Plays, Adapted for Film, Coming Of Age, Frauds, Scandals and Affairs, Puberty, Students, Acting, Sexual Harassment, New Zealand Literature
- First published
- 2008
- Original title
- The Rehearsal
- Rating
- 3.55 out of 5
- Description
- A high-school sex scandal jolts a group of teenage girls into a new awareness of their own potency and power. The sudden and total publicity seems to turn every act into a performance, and every platform into a stage. But when the local drama school decides to turn the scandal into a show, the real world and the world of the theatre are forced to meet, and soon the boundaries between private and public begin to dissolve . . . THE REHEARSAL is an exhilarating and provocative novel about the unsimple mess of human desire. Startlingly original, it is at once a tender evocation of its young protagonists and a shrewd expose of emotional compromise. It introduces a boldly inventive and extraordinarily accomplished new voice in New Zealand fiction. "This is a daring book, full of velvety pleasures but never afraid to show its claws. Eleanor Catton is crazily talented and insightful - and best of all, she makes language seem new." - Emily Perkins.