Less Than Angels : A Novel (Paperback)

from wealhtheowwylfing

A snapshot of the lives of various people, predominantly middle class and all connected to an anthropology school in some way. Some are rather tiresome, like Tom, writing his thesis and strangely attractive to various women. I absolutely loved one--Catherine Oliphant, a writer of magazine article...

from rainpebble

Less Than Angels by Barbara Pym I didn't know a thing about anthropology except what it was when beginning this book and still don't. But I know that wasn't the purpose of the book. Pym has strayed from her middle aged spinsters of the Vicar's club to a younger group while keeping some of her sty...

from brenzi

I don't know anything about anthropology and I didn't learn anything about it reading this book. However the story itself dealt with anthropologists and anthropology students. With this volume, Pym steered clear of her familiar stomping ground of "excellent" women (often unmarried) who lay down l...

from krazy4katz

Less Than Angels was my first novel by Barbara Pym. I confess to being underwhelmed. Yes, the writing is beautiful, but the story doesn't go anywhere. The characters may have learned something about themselves but it was all so subtle and somehow superficial even though the events should have cau...

from rainpebble

Less Than Angels by Barbara Pym I didn't know a thing about anthropology except what it was when beginning this book and still don't. But I know that wasn't the purpose of the book. Pym has strayed from her middle aged spinsters of the Vicar's club to a younger group while keeping some of her sty...