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Original Title:	Walking Naked
ISBN:	185381444X (ISBN13: 9781853814440)
Edition Language:	English

Walking Naked Paperback | Pages: 221 pages

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Title	:	Walking Naked
Author	:	Nina Bawden
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Virago Modern Classics
Pages	:	Pages: 221 pages
Published	:	July 1st 1992 by Virago Press (first published 1981)
Categories	:	Fiction. European Literature. British Literature. Novels. Literature. 20th Century

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Laura is happily married, a mother, and a successful novelist. Although prey to night terrors, she is adept at smoothing the disorder of reality into controlled prose. Interweaving memory, conversation, and reflection, Walking Naked telescopes the whole of Laura's life—childhood, marriages, triumphs, and disappointments—into a day in which the past and the present converge. It begins with a game of tennis played for duty rather than amusement and progresses, via an afternoon party of old friends and jaded emotions, to a bewildering visit to Laura's son, who is imprisoned on a drugs charge. At its close, the possibility of death within the family brings unresolved conflicts to center stage, and Laura strips herself of the posturing and self-deceit with which she has cloaked her vulnerability. Continually surprising, witty, and often disquieting, this is one of Nina Bawden's most impressive novels.

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Ratings: 3.89 From 37 Users | 4 Reviews

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'Walking Naked' is written with exceptionally clear prose, and employs an interesting technique of having the fictional narrator (Laura) occasionally write from the supporting characters' perspectives, with varying degrees of confidence.I liked these two aspects quite a lot.Otherwise, 'Walking Naked' didn't do much for me. It failed to challenge or excite me intellectually, and it barely summoned my emotions beyond the occasional mild annoyance toward the narrator.Oh well, onto the next book...

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Nina Bawden was a popular British novelist and children's writer. Her mother was a teacher and her father a marine.When World War II broke out she spent the school holidays at a farm in Shropshire along with her mother and her brothers, but lived in Aberdare, Wales, during term time.Bawden attended Somerville College, Oxford, where she gained a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics.HerOne of Nina Bawdens lesser known novels it takes place on one day. It concerns Laura, a writer and her husband Andrew. The day is split into four parts. The first part consists of going with her husband whilst he plays a game of real tennis with a client. The second part is a lunch time buffet at a close friends house (to celebrate the boat race). Thirdly a visit to prison (Wormwood Scrubs) to visit Lauras son from her first marriage who is serving six months on a drugs charge. Finally there is

Although written with some stylistic devices which I found irritating (I can see these were part of the character depiction), the revelation of the heroines real thoughts seemed very authentic, as if the author was revealing herself. As part of the well-constructed plot line, the recognition of the heroines ultimately manipulative character, was delayed until near the end, and quite shocking. She reminds me of Gone with the Wind. The story was absorbing, enlivened by dialogue, different

One of Nina Bawdens lesser known novels it takes place on one day. It concerns Laura, a writer and her husband Andrew. The day is split into four parts. The first part consists of going with her husband whilst he plays a game of real tennis with a client. The second part is a lunch time buffet at a close friends house (to celebrate the boat race). Thirdly a visit to prison (Wormwood Scrubs) to visit Lauras son from her first marriage who is serving six months on a drugs charge. Finally there is