People in Trouble
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.32 (551 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0452265681 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 228 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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Absolutely nothing like Rent- Kindle Customer I admit, the claims that this book was the actual (and unacknowledged) basis for Rent may have colored my perceptions; the book certainly suffered by the comparison. Taken on its own merits it's an acceptable novel. However, it is nothing at all like Rent.I only purchased this after reading all the Amazon reviews of the Rent book. Every negative review mentioned this novel. Strangely, all of the reviews were anonymous, or from "readers" who had reviewed nothing else, which does not lend them much credibility. This always makes me picture one angry author, or one desperate fan, entering review a. John Labella said Not one of my favorite Schulman books at first .. I didn't love this book as much as other Sarah Schulman novels at first. But it grows on me over time. The story is based on her personal experiences and parts of it were foreign to me since I never lived in an kind of ghetto. For folks outside the gay urban community of that time, it may seem as foreign as the environment in a Shakespeare play.There's no need to mention the many similiarities with RENT because these were acknowledged by the composer J. Larson before he died. More importantly, discussing comparisons between RENT and People in Trouble mistakenly gives the impression that the two. Tex Clark said Great Book- The basis for RENT?. Sarah Schulman is one of my very favorite writers in the world. Heck, just the fact she's on the planet makes me smile. In People in Trouble, Schulman returns to themes in all her books, Queerness, loss, and being lost. Incidentally, the plot of this novel is a heck of a lot like that musical RENT. So similar that it can't be a coincidence. And this book came first.
People in Trouble (Sarah Schulman)
. Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Publishers Weekly Kate, involved in a love triangle with her husband and her lesbian lover, works as an artist and AIDS activist in New York City. "At times lapsing into melodrama, Schulman carefully balances the story lines, using Kate's own sexual awareness and awakening as a benchmark for the situation of the besieged homosexual community," PW wrote