 First edition (publ. Faber & Faber) | |
| Author | Rachel Cusk |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Faber and Faber |
| Publication date | September 7, 2006 |
| ISBN | 978-0-571-23339-7 |
Arlington Park is a 2006 novel, the seventh book by English author Rachel Cusk's seventh book.
It was shortlisted for the 2007 Orange Prize for Fiction.
Plot
Focussing on a single day in an affluent English suburb, the book chronicles the lives of five middle-class married women, all of them mothers of young children. Going about their routines of child-rearing, work, shopping and socialising, they dwell of their feelings of frustration and disappointment, memories good and bad, aspirations and sometimes flashes of inspiration and hope. The five meet in the evening at a dinner party hosted by one of them.
Characters
The five women are Juliet Randall, Amanda Clapp, Maisie Carrington, Stephanie Sykes, and Christine Lanham who hosts the dinner party. The Guardian noted a literary parallel, describing Christine as "a drolly jaundiced version of Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway".
References
- "Arlington Park". Booklist. 15 November 2006. Archived from the original on 22 August 2024. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
- "Arlington Park by Rachel Cusk". Publishers Weekly. 16 October 2006. Archived from the original on 22 August 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
- "Arlington Park". Kirkus Reviews. 1 November 2006. Archived from the original on 19 June 2024. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
- Lasdun, James (15 September 2006). "Disparate housewives". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 22 August 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
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