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Dear Committee Members: A novel di Julie…
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Dear Committee Members: A novel (edizione 2014)

di Julie Schumacher (Autore)

Serie: Payne University (1)

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A Best Book of the Year:  NPR and Boston Globe

Finally a novel that puts the "pissed" back into "epistolary."

Jason Fitger is a beleaguered professor of creative writing and literature at Payne University, a small and not very distinguished liberal arts college in the midwest. His department is facing draconian cuts and squalid quarters, while one floor above them the Economics Department is getting lavishly remodeled offices. His once-promising writing career is in the doldrums, as is his romantic life, in part as the result of his unwise use of his private affairs for his novels. His star (he thinks) student can't catch a break with his brilliant (he thinks) work Accountant in a Bordello, based on Melville's Bartleby. In short, his life is a tale of woe, and the vehicle this droll and inventive novel uses to tell that tale is a series of hilarious letters of recommendation that Fitger is endlessly called upon by his...

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Titolo:Dear Committee Members: A novel
Autori:Julie Schumacher (Autore)
Info:Doubleday (2014), Edition: First Edition, 192 pages
Collezioni:La tua biblioteca
Voto:**1/2
Etichette:fiction, epistolary novel, 2019

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Dear Committee Members di Julie Schumacher

  1. 10
    Papà Gambalunga di Jean Webster (charl08)
    charl08: Similar epistolary format, although with very different results!
  2. 00
    Hotels of North America di Rick Moody (noveltea)
  3. 00
    Dear American Airlines di Jonathan Miles (beyondthefourthwall)
    beyondthefourthwall: In which humour stems from a cantankerous middle-aged American white guy having a real knack for embarking on overlong and rambling personal tangents.
  4. 01
    Della bellezza di Zadie Smith (charl08)
    charl08: One a more 'traditional' campus novel, perhaps, but similar themes re English literature as taught at US colleges.
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At times, so funny I laughed out loud. ( )
  monicaberger | Jan 22, 2024 |
mostly light, but fun - a view of the other side of academia ( )
  danielskatz | Dec 26, 2023 |
An epistolary novel about a disgruntled faculty member, Jason/Jay Fitger, who is writing an endless stream of Letters of Recommendation for students and faculty. It is funny in some cases, and in others, it is a venting of frustrations - with the faculty, with the office space, with people not responding, with former flames.
It is a quick read. Just OK in my opinion. ( )
  rmarcin | Nov 14, 2023 |
Hilarious yet sobering view of the world of secondary education, as told in a series of letters of recommendation by an English professor from a small liberal arts college. I’ve never come across this form of storytelling, and it works. I’ve known for some time that certain institutions have a culture that is all their own, and universities are no exception. Schumacher, herself a college professor, reaches back into her experience to illuminate the craziness of her world, and writes the LOR that I’m sure most academics would have loved to write themselves, but of course couldn’t. The book specifically addresses the dying liberal arts in the era of STEM majors, and the scant options for, in particular, English majors (often having to accept jobs well below their skill sets). There is a tragic element to the book, as the author of the LORs, Jason Fitger, tries to promote his last mentee. This book is so well written - it’s compulsively readable - and should be required reading for anyone teaching at the college level. ( )
  peggybr | Oct 29, 2023 |
Funny enough to pass a two hour flight, and I can see why loads of people inside the bubble like it, but obviously pretty limited. ( )
  hypostasise | Sep 18, 2023 |
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» Aggiungi altri autori (3 potenziali)

Nome dell'autoreRuoloTipo di autoreOpera?Stato
Julie Schumacherautore primariotutte le edizionicalcolato
Dean, RobertsonNarratoreautore secondarioalcune edizioniconfermato
Mahon, EmilyProgetto della copertinaautore secondarioalcune edizioniconfermato
MasterfileImmagine di copertinaautore secondarioalcune edizioniconfermato

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Fiction. Literature. Humor (Fiction.) HTML:

A Best Book of the Year:  NPR and Boston Globe

Finally a novel that puts the "pissed" back into "epistolary."

Jason Fitger is a beleaguered professor of creative writing and literature at Payne University, a small and not very distinguished liberal arts college in the midwest. His department is facing draconian cuts and squalid quarters, while one floor above them the Economics Department is getting lavishly remodeled offices. His once-promising writing career is in the doldrums, as is his romantic life, in part as the result of his unwise use of his private affairs for his novels. His star (he thinks) student can't catch a break with his brilliant (he thinks) work Accountant in a Bordello, based on Melville's Bartleby. In short, his life is a tale of woe, and the vehicle this droll and inventive novel uses to tell that tale is a series of hilarious letters of recommendation that Fitger is endlessly called upon by his...

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