Wednesday, August 4, 2010
The Rehearsal, by Eleanor Catton
Amazingly well written book, set within a drama school and in a girls' school, seething with sexual tension, power shifts, and occasional discourses on the importance of theater. The nameless Saxophone Teacher, and the faceless Heads of Movement, Voice, and Acting steer their students like puppets, and show as much remorse when th
ings get broken as one would with a doll one didn't much like. Reminded me of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, but in a more distant, kind of chilling way.
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