Roiphe, Anne (Vol. 9) - Roiphe, Anne 1935–
Roiphe, Anne 1935–
Roiphe is an American novelist whose work reflects her concern with women in contemporary society. Her characters are human and believable, and her prose is witty and refreshing. (See also CLC, Vol. 3.)
Anne Roiphe's new book, Torch Song, crucifies an already much tortured form—the confessional novel. The format here is basically the same as the one used by magazines like True Romance…. The stock heroine confesses her past voluntary or unwitting debauches, describing in vivid detail her descent into hell and the various punishments justly or unjustly awarded there. It is all told in the past tense from the perspective of the currently well-adjusted and happily married normal woman. The heroine fails to explain just how she gets from the white-slave market to Larchmont, but we are assured that what has passed is past. At 12 I used to find such tales, with their accompanying ultratacky photographs, both...
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