111 pages

English language

Published Oct. 29, 2017

ISBN:
978-0-8112-2669-1
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OCLC Number:
975898202

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4 stars (13 reviews)

In the quiet suburbs, while Dorothy is doing chores and waiting for her husband to come home from work, not in the least anticipating romance, she hears a strange radio announcement about a monster who has just escaped from the Institute for Oceanographic Research... Reviewers have compared Rachel Ingalls's Mrs. Caliban to King Kong, Edgar Allan Poe's stories, the films of David Lynch, Beauty and the Beast, The Wizard of Oz, E.T., Richard Yates's domestic realism, B-horror movies, and the fairy tales of Angela Carter--how such a short novel could contain all of these disparate elements is a testament to its startling and singular charm.

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Review of 'Mrs Caliban' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

Vielversprechendes Setup, aber dann versandet die Handlung irgendwie. Zugegeben, mit allen anderen Arten, diese Geschichte zu einem Ende zu bringen, wäre ich wahrscheinlich noch unzufriedener gewesen. Vielleicht gibt es einfach aussichtslose Konstruktionen, bei denen man am Anfang des Erzählens einen so hohen Kredit aufnimmt, dass man ihn später unmöglich zurückzahlen kann, ist ja bei Stephen King auch oft so. Geschichten über scheiternde amerikanische Vorstadt-Ehen konnte ich noch nie leiden, und für dieses trostlose Genre las es sich dann eigentlich ganz okay. Aber die Einführung von intelligenten Riesenfröschen in die Handlung hilft natürlich immer.

Review of 'Mrs Caliban' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

The ease with which Rachel Ingalls slips you into this world is amazing, and the text flows so naturally. Ingalls somehow managed to make a giant frogman seem normal and human. Many times during the story I wondered if the frogman was even real. The ending is wild, and makes you reconsider everything in a different light. Overall a great tale, dealing with strange love, death and betrayal, loss, and loneliness.

Review of 'Mrs Caliban' on 'Storygraph'

5 stars

Finally loving, finally living...

This is a book where the contents are everything and the language is very much constructed in a thoughtful and simple way. No meanderings are found here. Ingalls has written a masterpiece which could serve as a construct to understanding what some writings of love, alienation, and humanity can be like, over the course of a few dozen pages.

Also, this book is very funny at times.

“Come on back for a cup of coffee?” Estelle asked.
“I’d love to, but it’s got to be quick. Fred’s bringing somebody back from the office.”
“And you’re scurrying around to fulfil all your wifely obligations. My God, I don’t miss that.”
“You’re kidding. They’re getting spaghetti and they can like it.”

[...]

She accepted a second cup of coffee, first trying to persuade Estelle to add some water to it. Estelle was outraged. She declared that it would …

Review of 'Mrs Caliban' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Finally loving, finally living...

This is a book where the contents are everything and the language is very much constructed in a thoughtful and simple way. No meanderings are found here. Ingalls has written a masterpiece which could serve as a construct to understanding what some writings of love, alienation, and humanity can be like, over the course of a few dozen pages.

Also, this book is very funny at times.

“Come on back for a cup of coffee?” Estelle asked.
“I’d love to, but it’s got to be quick. Fred’s bringing somebody back from the office.”
“And you’re scurrying around to fulfil all your wifely obligations. My God, I don’t miss that.”
“You’re kidding. They’re getting spaghetti and they can like it.”

[...]

She accepted a second cup of coffee, first trying to persuade Estelle to add some water to it. Estelle was outraged. She declared that it would …

Review of 'Mrs Caliban' on 'LibraryThing'

5 stars

Finally loving, finally living...

This is a book where the contents are everything and the language is very much constructed in a thoughtful and simple way. No meanderings are found here. Ingalls has written a masterpiece which could serve as a construct to understanding what some writings of love, alienation, and humanity can be like, over the course of a few dozen pages.

Also, this book is very funny at times.

“Come on back for a cup of coffee?” Estelle asked.
“I’d love to, but it’s got to be quick. Fred’s bringing somebody back from the office.”
“And you’re scurrying around to fulfil all your wifely obligations. My God, I don’t miss that.”
“You’re kidding. They’re getting spaghetti and they can like it.”

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She accepted a second cup of coffee, first trying to persuade Estelle to add some water to it. Estelle was outraged. She declared that it would …
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  • Marriage
  • Adultery
  • Fiction