6/4/2023 0 Comments The lessons by naomi alderman![]() ![]() ![]() Like many of his fellow students, he was top at school and is now just one of many and not the best. Like many new students at such universities, he feels somewhat lost at the beginning. ![]() His older sister, Anne, had already been to Oxford so he followed in her footsteps, choosing to read physics (we do not know what she read). He comes from a vaguely Church of England, well-off family. This is not to knock this novel which is an excellent novel but, if you have read any of the novels mentioned or seen White Heat, you will definitely have a sense of déjà vu. The son of a rich family who is unbalanced has already been done in Brideshead Revisited, the ordinary Oxford student having a homosexual affair with a rich fellow student has been done in The Line of Beauty and the close-knit student group has been done in The Secret History, and I haven’t even mentioned White Heat which, of course, came after Alderman’s novel. The trouble with writing such novels is that many of the best ideas have already been taken. Naomi Alderman went to Oxford University, so it is not surprising that she decided to write an Oxford University novel. Home » England » Naomi Alderman » The Lessons Naomi Alderman: The Lessons ![]()
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