Another You [Hardcover]

Ann Beattie (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf; First Edition edition (September 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0614154804
• ISBN-13: 978-0614154801
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,171,332 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A long and pointless journey, March 17, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Another You (Paperback)

Ann Beattie has a sharp eye and a clean prose style, but she is not a particularly gifted dramatist. Another You is a remarkably stagnant story that bumps along for three hundred pages without building any sort of momentum. The main character, a college professor named Marshall Lockard, is so self-absorbed and fundamentally unlikeable that it's hard to care what becomes of him. The first half of the book concerns a convoluted plot involving one of Marshall's students and an equally unlikeable colleague. The second, slightly more engaging half focuses on Marshall's family, a mysterious subplot involving his deceased parents and stepmother. The two stories intersect but shed no light on one another. I regret the time I spent reading this book and look forward to the day Beattie returns to writing short stories.

4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Insulting, July 29, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Another You (Paperback)

This was the first Ann Beattie book I've read and probably the last one I will ever read. The book was insulting to blacks, Southern people, people from Detroit, college students, and the list goes on. The main characters are so self-absorbed that I didn't feel any sympathy for them or care about their lives. I wish McCallum's wife would've done away with him, Marshall, and Sonja in one fail swoop so the book could've ended sooner!

2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The most wonderful book I have read in years., March 28, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Another You (Paperback)

Ann Beattie, as always, offers a poignant and often biting look at the lives of common individuals experiencing life. This novel, like My Life Staring Dara Falcon, illustrates beautifully the solitude, yet interdependence of our lives.