First edition. This is a near fine copy. The wrapper is without notable signs of wear, aside from a light crumpling at the top of the spine. It has not been price clipped. The text blocks are bright and white, free from foxing. Overall, this is a near fine copy. The Pregnant Widow by Martin Amis (, Trade Paperback) Vintage International Ser.: The Pregnant Widow by Martin Amis (, Trade Paperback) Be the first to write a review. About this product. Current slide {CURRENT_SLIDE} of {TOTAL_SLIDES}- Top picked items. Brand new. $ New (other) $ The Pregnant Widow: Author: Martin Amis: Publisher: Knopf Canada, ISBN: , Length: pages: Subjects3/5(14).
Amis next novel, tentatively titled The Pregnant Widow, is scheduled to appear in late According to the author, it will be followed by another nonfiction collection, which will be more general in scope, similar to The War Against Cliche and its siblings. What character would you cut from The Pregnant Widow? Amis/Nearing, all the other ones Any additional comments? Really, really poor book. Impossibly louche characters used as a vehicle for Amis' own imaginary recollections of his youth, and to reinforce his own particular prejudices. A mean-spirited little book, too. Awful. The Pregnant Widow by Martin Amis. Martin Amis's new novel shows a regathering of his artistic energies. The Pregnant Widow suggests, the unintended consequences of a cultural revolution.
As much as “The Pregnant Widow” is Amis’s account of the sexual battlefield and its aftermath — as much as it contains explicit talk and yearnings and legs and breasts to ache over; as. Book Summary. The year is , and the youth of Europe are in the chaotic, ecstatic throes of the sexual revolution. Though blindly dedicated to the cause, its nubile foot soldiers have yet to realize this disturbing truth: that between the death of one social order and the birth of another, there exists a state of terrifying purgatory—or, as Alexander Herzen put it, a pregnant widow. The Pregnant Widow by Martin Amis Martin Amis goes back to first principles, with impressive results, says Tim Adams Martin Amis returns to form with his 12th novel.
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