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GET LIT (ALL DAY LONG): Win a copy of Anthropology of an American Girl
Spiegel & Grau, 624 pp., $26, May 25 Whew! You've made it to the bitter end of Book Quarterly Trivia Week. Good job. Now, if you've been super-diligent/stalkerish, you may have noticed that four BQ books — Packing for Mars, At Least in the City Someone Would Hear Me Scream, Zift and Kraken — haven't been given away this week. Never fear: As soon as the publishers get around to sending us our promised giveaway copies, we'll hold unsanctioned BQTW contests to make sure they get from us to you. To round things out, we're giving away a copy of Hilary Thayer Hamann's debut novel, Anthropology of an American Girl. Here's a clip from Emily Currier's review: Girl can occasionally be self-indulgent and, while an engrossing read, overly lengthy. The novel is primarily centered on Eveline's involvement with three very different men: her nihilistic high school sweetheart, the elusive Rourke and a persistent, wealthy suitor. In this roundabout way, Girl examines a woman's identity within the world, which is, after all, very often defined in opposition to a man's. Even so, readers may feel somewhat betrayed by Eveline's later actions after she is originally portrayed as a strong, thoughtful woman. This depth of character examination, even if seemingly contradictory, generates the novel's powerful, sympathetic backbone and propels a complex coming-of-age tale for a new generation. To win a copy of Anthropology, answer the following trivia question:
GET LIT (ALL DAY LONG): Win a copy of Anthropology of an American Girl
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| Spiegel & Grau, 624 pp., $26, May 25 |
Girl can occasionally be self-indulgent and, while an engrossing read, overly lengthy. The novel is primarily centered on Eveline's involvement with three very different men: her nihilistic high school sweetheart, the elusive Rourke and a persistent, wealthy suitor. In this roundabout way, Girl examines a woman's identity within the world, which is, after all, very often defined in opposition to a man's. Even so, readers may feel somewhat betrayed by Eveline's later actions after she is originally portrayed as a strong, thoughtful woman. This depth of character examination, even if seemingly contradictory, generates the novel's powerful, sympathetic backbone and propels a complex coming-of-age tale for a new generation.To win a copy of Anthropology, answer the following trivia question:
Hamann's novel was originally self-published in what year?
E-mail me at carolyn.huckabay@citypaper.net for a chance to win, and be sure to put "Anthropology of an American Girl" in the subject line. [UPDATE, 4:10 p.m.]: Congratulations to CritMass reader Gary, who was the first to shout that the self-published version of Hamann's debut came out in 2003.
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