- Paperback
- Publisher: Penguin UK 1982; PB edition (1982)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0140033173
- ISBN-13: 978-0140033175
- ASIN: B003X87TYG
- Shipping Weight: 399 g
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Passive Experience, Nov 10 2001
By Duane Simolke "author, The Acorn Stories, Deg... - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Waterfall (Mass Market Paperback)
In Margaret Drabbles novel The Waterfall we meet Jane Gray, a woman whose suffering and blessings stem not from action, but from inaction. She prefers boredom over activity, chance over effort, and whatever happens to her over whatever she can make happen. She only falls in love by chance, a corrupt love she never tries to avoid.Since Jane will not reach for it, love must find her. It watches and waits for her to recover from the birth of her second child. Jane, who drifted into marriage then drove her husband away with her passive disinterest, manages to (unintentionally) attract another man, with whom she falls in love. Their love develops not from a courtship, but from his childlike desire to lie in her warm bed, and from her passive inability to refuse him.
Jane takes us on a journey through her passive experience to an existential awakening. Though it would seem that a character like the one I describe here would prove intolerable, the talented Margaret Drabble makes us want to take the journey with Jane, and makes us want to see Jane finally discarding her passivity.
I consider The Waterfall Drabbles finest novel, and hope that more readers will discover it.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Bring it back into print!, Nov 23 1999
By frumiousb "frumiousb" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Waterfall (Mass Market Paperback)
I am disappointed to see that this book is out of print, as I can think of several other people who would appreciate it.The Waterall is a beautiful little love story, set in the aftermath of the birth. Drabble has written a novel about doomed lovers and doppleganger cousins. These sound like the most standard of tropes, but they are handled here with freshness and grace. The book resists the temptation to wrap up neatly and reminds us that the non-conclusions of the real world can be just as satisfying as a more literary ending.
I did not admire this as much as I did Jerusalem the Golden, which is one of my favorite books. The Waterfall lacks the scope and reach of some of her other (more famous) works. People who have not read Drabble before may want to begin with either Jerusalem or The Ice Age. Still, there are also much worse places to begin. I found the Waterfall both affecting and well crafted and would give it a high recommendation.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best book ever?, Nov 1 2001
By Katarina Wesslén-Lindahl - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Waterfall (Mass Market Paperback)
I am Swedish and I just read this book. I borrowed it from my local library in my own language, printed in 1988. I lived with Jane for several days, not wanting the book to end. It is very difficult to express my view on the book, (maybe)it turned out to be all about myself. I just ordered a used copy from Amazon.com in English, I want to OWN this book. Read it!
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