The Microcosm by Maureen Duffy

The Microcosm

Maureen Duffy

The main characters are all women and The Microcosm deals with their relationships, as they grow and as they disintegrate. The pressures of society force them to live in an enclosed world. Steve, the schooly under the strain of her marriage; Sadie’s factory environment brings its own financial and social problems; and Matt is unable to solve his difficulties with Rae until he breaks out of the microcosm.

The Microcosm is at first presented in all it complexity, then certain elements are in their turn illuminated, until a possible solutions emerges for one of the characters. Not everyone will be able to accept the conclusions of this most subtle and original book. But they will be hard put to deny it forceful characterisation, its brilliantly accurate dialogue and its haunting evocation of a world within the world.

This used the lesbian club Gateways as a background.


Check for it on:


Details

ISBN 140162151
Genre Fiction; Grier Rated
Publication Date Nov-90
Publisher Viking
Format Paperback
No. of Pages 304
Notes copyright 1966
Language English
Rating Great
BookID 8266

Author: LFWBooks