Attachments (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Judith Perelman
- First Published: 1977
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Bildungsroman
- Time of Work: The 1950’s to the 1960’s
- Setting: Los Angeles, New York City, and Bootsville, New Hampshire
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism, Bildungsroman
- Subjects: 1950’s, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., Self-discovery, United States or Americans, Gender roles, Self, New York City, Marriage, Alienation, Friendship, New England, California, Los Angeles, West, U.S., Jealousy, envy, or resentment, Obsession, Brothers, Women’s issues, Loneliness
- Locales: New York, NY, Los Angeles, CA, New Hampshire
Characters Discussed
Nadine, the protagonist and narrator. The only child of an exclusively devoted couple, Nadine feels isolated and yearns to be a Siamese twin, so that she might be forever attached to someone else. She is fascinated by newspaper and magazine accounts of Amos and Eddie Smith, twins joined at their abdomens by an extra band of liver. In her twenties, she meets the twins, marries Amos, and bears his two children. The only developing character, Nadine spends her youth and early adulthood frantically trying to make sense of the chaotic world in which she lives,...
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