Free download the vinegar anniversary book by emily. Our book club found the retelling mostly pretty underwhelming, but that never stops us from recommending books. Set in modernday baltimore, it follows twentysomethings kate and pyotr as they plan a marriage of convenience. While many of those programs are for children, quite a few libraries also run concurrent programs for adults.
Anne tylers vinegar girl is a novel based on shakespeares taming of the shrew. Vinegar girl by anne tyler penguin random house audio. Vinegar girl is one of a new series of shakespeare retellings, the hogarth shakespeare. The hogarth project sees shakespeares works retold by bestselling novelists of today.
Ive read vinegar girl, now what bored to death book club. When you buy yourself a nice book through our site, we get a little bit of money that will help our book club to keep going. According to the hogarth shakespeare website, even gillian flynn author of immensely popular gone girl is getting in on the project, though her mostlikely brooding and suspenseful spin on hamlet isnt due out for several years. Tyler manages to end the story on a pontifical note, one thats troublingly reminiscent of the original plays sexist sincerity. Anne tyler vinegar girl unabridged audiobook download. Houston chronicle vinegar girl has the requisite tyler trademarksthe characters populating vinegar girl are flawed, quirky, likable, selfindulgent and astute. Vinegar girl is a bittersweet novel that both honors and. You dont have to think shrew is irredeemably sexistshakespeares take on gender roles is always more nuanced than it seemsto quickly tire of its knockabout humor. Analysis in tylers own words, the characters are the driving forces behind the stories and the starting point for her. Vinegar girl the taming of the shrew retold by anne. As a former teacher, i would use this book as a writing prompt for a contrastcomparison essay. Anne tylers vinegar girl is a retelling of shakespeares the taming of the shrew, the latest in the hogarth shakespeare series in which contemporary novelists adapt the bards plays for a 21st century audience.
The rationale was that summer is a time for fun andor relaxation, plus it goes handinhand with summer reading programs nationwide. But once you get rid of kates storming and petruchio. Vinegar girl is the third book in the hogarth shakespeare series that i have read. Vinegar girl hogarth shakespeare series anne tyler, 2016 crownarchetype 240 pp. How did she end up running house and home for her eccentric scientist father and uppity, pretty younger sister. Tylers novel doesnt remain strictly true to the bards tale, but it is in its own way probably just as humorous. Book club is a nationally recognized, notforprofit organization that supports authors of the black african diaspora by choosing one book per month for all club members to read. Subscribe to the oprahs book club newsletter sign up for the oprahs book club newsletter get more stories like this delivered to your inbox get updates on your. Summary of vinegar girl by anne tyler from instaread is an analysis of a loose retelling of shakespeares the taming of the shrew. For our november book club we read vinegar girl by anne tyler, a retelling of shakespeares a taming of the shrew. It is full of tylers signature virtuesdomestic details, familial conflict, emotional ambivalence, a sharp sense of place. Vinegar girl is a fast, easy readheld sidebyside against shakespeares shrew, the story of kate and pyotr is full of hidden treasures. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone.
All you need to know about vinegar girl by anne tyler. The taming of the shrew retelling vinegar girl could use. Vinegar girl indiana digital download center overdrive. Anne tyler wrote this one, and while ive never read any of her other books a couple of them have now been added. Her bestselling books about common household products include. Manette ansay is about a womans struggle to find her identity in marriage and in her inlaws house. The proverb bit is prevalent throughout the story, painting a reductive picture of eastern european immigrants, who, in the context of this story, are. Shrew and compare it with anne tylers updated version, vinegar girl. The magic of hydrogen peroxide, the vinegar book, the vinegar book ii, the vinegar home guide, the vinegar diet, vinegar and tea, and the vinegar anniversary book. Houston chronicle vinegar girl has the requisite tyler trademarksthe characters populating vinegar girl are flawed, quirky, likable, self.
Summary of vinegar girl by anne tyler includes analysis. William shakespeares the taming of the shrew retold. If you are the publisher or author of this book and feel that the. As her contribution to the hogarth shakespeare project, tyler a spool of blue thread, 2015, etc. Id recommend vinegar girl as a ya novel, maybe to be read after seeing the taming of the shrew or kiss me, kate.
Pulitzer prize winner and american master anne tyler brings us an inspired, witty and irresistible contemporary take on one of shakespeares most beloved comedies kate battista feels stuck. Set in tylers beloved baltimore, this book is a modern retelling of the taming of the shrew. And, unfortunately, the regressive ideas at work in vinegar girl are made clear long before its final pages. Get free weekly updates on top club picks, book giveaways, author events and more. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. The vinegar anniversary book by emily thacker ebook download the vinegar anniversary book by emily thacker ebook product details sales rank. So its likely you already know the basic plot of the bookwhether from reading the original play or seeing the musical kiss me kate or watching the movie 10 things i hate. Vinegar girl is an earthy reflection of this fleeting moment, both lively and thoughtful. How did she end up running house and home for her eccentr. Vinegar girl, by anne tyler and pyotr who falls for kate partly because she is the only person who pronounces his name correctly well, he had us at khello. Its part of the hogarth shakespeare series, in which authors such as margaret atwood,anne tyler, jeanette winterson, and others write modern.
While it is her interpretation of that play, vinegar girl departs somewhat from the bards original work, and one need not be a fan of shakespeare to enjoy her quirky characters, the baltimore setting, and an amusing predicament set forth in this, tylers 21st novel. Vinegar girl pulitzer prize winner and american master anne tyler brings us an inspired, witty and irresistible contemporary take on one of shakespeares most beloved comedies. Anne tyler recasts the taming of the shrew for our time. Author anne tyler talks about the role of baltimore in her new book vinegar girl. As part of the hogarth shakespeare series, anne tyler has created a modernday version of the taming of the shrew. Vinegar girl, a novel by anne tyler, is a loose retelling of william shakespeares the taming of the shrew.
Here are some you can try if you liked and disliked vinegar girl and at the end. We are meeting a little off schedule due to the holidays. Vinegar girl, by anne tyler anne tylers latest is part of a series of shakespeare plays turned novels. Vinegar girl by anne tyler overdrive rakuten overdrive. This text sees anne tyler taking a stab at taming of the shrew. I was intrigued as soon as i heard about them, especially since they were using several wellknown authors. Novels such as anne tylers, which are so precise and current, are like photographs or digital clock faces that tell us where we are and where we are coming from at the same time. Pulitzer prize winner and american master anne tyler brings us an inspired, witty and. With minimal alteration, vinegar girl might just about pass itself off as a retelling of pride and prejudice and, like austens work, tylers book is not without its subversions. Members read a book each month, meet to discuss it, and then write the author of the book to express their opinions about the work. This study guide was created using the following version of this book. May is almost here and its time for a new book club book vinegar girl, by anne tyler.
The description of the event, vinegar girl by anne tyler, is available only to members. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read vinegar girl. This way anyone who couldnt be there, can still join in with the fun. But if the conspiracy theorists are right and shakespeare wrote none of his plays, then who really wrote. This study guide consists of approximately 35 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of vinegar girl.
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