Juggling
1st Edition
Published on 14. August 2013
320 pages
978-1-4088-2274-6 (ISBN)
Description
'A brilliant book' - Mary Wesley, Daily Mail
'She is simply dynamite ... There are no apparent bounds to Trapido's skill, her inventiveness and her knowledge' - Philip Hensher, Guardian
Sparky Christina and her saintly adopted sister Pam couldn't be more different. And when they meet similarly mismatched friends Jago and Peter, the four embark on a dazzling series of pairings and partings, outrageous coincidences and eleventh-hour entrances interrupted one disastrous Halloween when schoolboy revelry turns horribly wrong.
Three years on, as Christina has made it to Oxford to study English. While she analyses the wit, cruelty and crossed genders of Shakespearean comedy, the cast of her own life reunites and the curtain falls on some gloriously unexpected partnerships.
'Juggling by Barbara Trapido is, I think, already well known but it should be even more so. It has the best piece of Shakespeare criticism in it I've ever read' - Katherine Rundell, Guardian
'A joy to read ... Supremely skilful' - Observer
'She weaves a cat's cradle of wit and erudition around her high-stepping characters, take breath-taking risks and triumphs against all the odds' - Independent
'She is simply dynamite ... There are no apparent bounds to Trapido's skill, her inventiveness and her knowledge' - Philip Hensher, Guardian
Sparky Christina and her saintly adopted sister Pam couldn't be more different. And when they meet similarly mismatched friends Jago and Peter, the four embark on a dazzling series of pairings and partings, outrageous coincidences and eleventh-hour entrances interrupted one disastrous Halloween when schoolboy revelry turns horribly wrong.
Three years on, as Christina has made it to Oxford to study English. While she analyses the wit, cruelty and crossed genders of Shakespearean comedy, the cast of her own life reunites and the curtain falls on some gloriously unexpected partnerships.
'Juggling by Barbara Trapido is, I think, already well known but it should be even more so. It has the best piece of Shakespeare criticism in it I've ever read' - Katherine Rundell, Guardian
'A joy to read ... Supremely skilful' - Observer
'She weaves a cat's cradle of wit and erudition around her high-stepping characters, take breath-taking risks and triumphs against all the odds' - Independent
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN-13
978-1-4088-2274-6 (9781408822746)
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Juggling
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Person
Barbara Trapido is the author of seven novels, including five in the acclaimed and beloved Oxford series. She lives in Oxford.
Content
- Cover
- Half-title Page
- By The Same Author
- Author Bio
- Title Page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Part One: Lying Down and Standing Up
- Pam, Christina and the Nearly Father. Intersecting Circles
- Jago, Peter and the Dog Star. The Lost Boys
- Part Two: Leaning Forward
- The Fat Priest, the Nice Young Man and the Beautiful Dark Boy
- The Stolen Boy and the Idea of the Objective Correlative
- Part Three: Tumbling
- The Groupies, the Smart-Arse and the Werewolf
- The Ghouls, the Beata Beatrix and the Sister-Sprite
- The Floating Boy and the Falling Star
- The Gynae Bloke and the Hell Hound
- Part Four: Balancing
- Judith and Dulcie. Late and Early Perpendicular
- Sir Andrew Aguecheek and the Lure of Logic Lane
- Hugo Campbell Recumbent. The Green Man by Water
- Mixing Matching Dragging Fagging
- The Green Man sur l'Herbe
- The Scarlet Woman, the Green Rabbit and the Very Telling Cranium
- Part Five: Landing
- Set Notation and the Holy Trinity
- Air and Angels. Serious Syrius and the Marvellous Boy
- Twins, Siblings and Shadow Theatre
- Insects and Oedipus
- Orphans, Jugglers and Tall Hats
- Epilogue
- or, What You Will
- eCopyright
