The Gates of Ivory
978-0-670-84270-4
The Gates of Ivory is a 1991 novel by novelist Margaret Drabble.[1] The novel is the third in a series of novels, following The Radiant Way and A Natural Curiosity. The novel continues the stories of several middle aged intellectuals introduced in the last two novels. The novel also introduces a new character, Stephen Cox who is loosely based on J.G. Farrell.[2]
Style
The novel includes metafiction reflecting on the choices Drabble made while writing the novel.[3] The novel also includes a bibliography referencing a number of works which provide background and connections for the rest of the novel.[4]
The novel's narratives that rotate between both the present and flashbacks narratives from each of the main characters. The novel also introduces characters from The Needle's Eye.[3]
Reviews
New York Times reviewer Linda Simon was disappointed with the novel, writing "intellectually stimulating and, as we might expect from Ms. Drabble, very smart. But ideas do not make a novel. Characters do."[3] Publishers Weekly describes the novel as "command[ing] awe even as [Drabble's] subject matter rouses immeasurable stores of pity and terror."[5]
References
- ^ Sutherland, John (5 December 1991). "Drabble's Progress". London Review of Books. p. 18. ISSN 0260-9592. Archived from the original on 21 August 2024. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
- ^ Prusse, Michael C. (2003). British and Irish Novelists Since 1960. Detroit, Michigan: Gale. ISBN 978-0-7876-6015-4.
- ^ a b c Simon, Linda (10 May 1992). "Rambo, Rimbaud, Which Is Best?". The New York Times Books. Archived from the original on 21 August 2024. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
- ^ Annan, Gabriele. "Numbers Game". The New York Review of Books. Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
- ^ "Fiction Book Review: The Gates of Ivory by Margaret Drabble". PublishersWeekly.com. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
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- A Summer Bird-Cage (1963)
- The Garrick Year (1964)
- The Millstone (1965)
- Jerusalem the Golden (1967)
- The Waterfall (1969)
- The Needle's Eye (1972)
- The Realms of Gold (1975)
- The Ice Age (1977)
- The Middle Ground (1980)
- The Radiant Way (1987)
- A Natural Curiosity (1989)
- The Gates of Ivory (1991)
- The Witch of Exmoor (1996)
- The Peppered Moth (2001)
- The Seven Sisters (2002)
- The Red Queen (2004)
- The Sea Lady (2006)
- The Pure Gold Baby (2013)
- The Dark Flood Rises (2016)
- London Consequences (1972)
- The Oxford Companion to English Literature (1985, 2000)
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