Sigrid Nunez
Kindle Edition | Pages: 172 pages Rating: 3.95 | 350 Users | 67 Reviews
Details Regarding Books Mitz: The Marmoset of Bloomsbury
| Title | : | Mitz: The Marmoset of Bloomsbury |
| Author | : | Sigrid Nunez |
| Book Format | : | Kindle Edition |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 172 pages |
| Published | : | August 6th 2019 by Soft Skull Press (first published April 21st 1998) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Animals |
Narrative Toward Books Mitz: The Marmoset of Bloomsbury
“The tender biography of a sickly marmoset that was adopted by Leonard Woolf and became a fixture of Bloomsbury society.” —Dwight Garner, The New York Times“In short, glistening sentences that refract the larger world, Ms. Nunez describes the appealingly eccentric, fiercely intelligent Woolfs during a darkening time.” —The Wall Street Journal
In 1934, a sickly marmoset named Mitz came into the care of Leonard and Virginia Woolf. After nursing her back to health, Leonard was rarely seen without the monkey on his shoulder. Mitz moved with the Woolfs between their homes in London and Sussex. She developed her own special relationships with the family’s cocker spaniels and with the various members of the Woolfs’ circle, including T. S. Eliot and Vita Sackville-West. Mitz also played a vital role in helping the Woolfs escape a close call with Nazis in Germany just before World War II.
Blending letters, diaries, and memoirs, Sigrid Nunez reconstructs Mitz’s life, painting it against the backdrop of Bloomsbury in its twilight years. Tender, affectionate, and filled with humor, this novel offers a striking look at lives shadowed by war, death, and mental illness, as well as the happiness and productivity the creature inspired. A new edition, now with an afterword by Peter Cameron.
Mention Books To Mitz: The Marmoset of Bloomsbury
| Original Title: | Mitz: The Marmoset of Bloomsbury ASIN B07MHZM18S |
| Literary Awards: | Rosenthal Family Foundation Award (1999) |
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Ratings: 3.95 From 350 Users | 67 ReviewsCritique Regarding Books Mitz: The Marmoset of Bloomsbury
After reading Nunez's The Friend, I was confident she could write a twee-free, yet still charming book about the Woolfs and their marmoset. She does. Mitz doesn't narrate (thankfully) but it is something of a marmosets-eye view of life with the Woolfs just before the start of WWII.What a charming little curio! The Woolfs and their lives are vividly rendered without actually being deeply wrought, allowing them to live off the page as much if not more than on it; the geopolitical scene of the lead-up to WWII is unexpectedly powerful; and Mitz is charming and delightful and strange. Nunez is a writer of uncommon power, particularly about animals (he says, having only read her two animal-focused books), and I'm excited to read more more more.
MITZ: THE MARMOSET OF BLOOMSBURY by Sigrid Nunez is one of those rare and special books that light up our imaginations and transport us to another place and time. I'm a fan of the short novel or novella form (less is more), and love most things "Bloomsbury"; I've read THE HOURS, BLOOMSBURY PIE by Regina Marler, THE PORTRAIT OF A MARRIAGE, and numerous books by Virginia Woolf, and seen films of these as well as CARRINGTON. Thus MITZ seems rather like old home week, a reunion of sorts. In the
Sweet story..excellent audio book. Makes me want to reread some Virginia Wolfe!
I loved this book.
Due to time constraints, I had to read this in three hours. Due to its quality, I only needed two. It's a really short work, but it has monkeys and Virginia Woolf. Can't go wrong.
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