A THOUSAND IMITATIONS

by Florence Bonime ‧ RELEASE DATE: May 17, 1967

This is a competently written novel about four couples who, with one exception, mean very little to each other or to the reader. Lovelessness which is the theme of the book is not only limiting but self-defeating. There's Edith Ollinder, a painter manque, who has refused to be a wife or mother to her husband, Bill, while devoting herself to her muse; Peale, her teacher, who exploits her while his wife gratifies his protegees' husbands; Norman Baylik, in the garment industry, his sister for whom he has ambitions, his wife whom he denies. Bill Ollinder and Norman Baylik have a brief encounter during the novel's timespan of a week--over a proposed swindle which helps to clarify other bogus areas in their lives. And if it's hard to believe in the mutual rapport established toward the close, it is perhaps because these people are just Imitations.

Pub Date: May 17, 1967

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Harcourt, Brace & World

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: May 1, 1967

Categories: FICTION