Isaac and His Devils | Isaac and His Devils

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Author: Fernanda Eberstadt
First Published: 1991
Type of Work: Novel
Time of Work: The 1960’s to the 1980’s
Setting: Gilboa, New Hampshire
Principal Characters: Isaac Hooker, Sam Hooker, Mattie Doucette Hooker, Turner Hooker, Agnes Urquhart
Genres: Long fiction, Bildungsroman
Subjects: 1960’s, 1970’s, Self-discovery, Intellectuals, Love or romance, Twentieth century, Religion, 1980’s, Despair, Mental illness, Death or dying, Materialism
Locales: New Hampshire

In her first novel, Low Tide (1985), Fernanda Eberstadt established herself as a talented young writer. Critics, however, suggested that her characters seemed to stagnate in their obsessions, while her baroque, highly allusive style impeded the narrative. In her second novel, Isaac and His Devils, it is clear that Eberstadt has profited from the reviews of her first work. In the first chapter, she establishes her newborn protagonist as a sympathetic character, with much to overcome but with an admirable mind and will. From that point on, the story proceeds at a steady...

Isaac and His Devils | Isaac and His Devils

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