The Sea Change [Hardcover]

Elizabeth Jane Howard (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 31, 1986

The Sea Change focuses on four people: a 61-year-old playwright; his younger wife; a young man with excessive devotion to the playwright; and the playwright's unsophisticated secretary. Each character relates their different point of view while making startling discoveries about one another. But with every revelation, the novel is propelled to its disturbing conclusion...

--This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.

Editorial Reviews

From AudioFile

This captivating story is told in turn by each of its four main characters: two men (a famous playwright and his director) and two women (the playwright's wife and his new secretary). Although two narrators, male and female, would have been more effective, one is enough if that one is as skilled as Eleanor Bron. She has wisely resisted the impulse to change her voice for each character and reads instead with straightforward eloquence. Especially eloquent are the words of the young secretary. Bron's melodious voice soon becomes her voice, a lovely extension of the young woman herself. Forthright, innocent and wise, she quietly transforms the lives of them all. J.C. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 416 pages
• Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd (December 31, 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0241118417
• ISBN-13: 978-0241118412
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.3 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,735,319 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars A disappointment, May 12, 2006

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This review is from: The sea change

After I read "Falling" I couldn't wait to begin another one of Elizabeth Jane Howard's novels. I found this story boring and sluggish. None of the characters ever really came alive and wasn't sure where the story was going. This book was so dull that I couldn't be bothered to finish it.