Amy Guth's violent and shimmering debut novel is the story of three women caught in the vortex of breaking down. For Helen,a painter reawakening af...
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Aug 09, 2009
Tim
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Amy opts for a very interesting narrative voice here. Her narrator, omniscient, almost a deity, muses not only on the behaviors and psychological states of her three protags, but also on the intervention of the fates, metaphysics, the emotional life of characters' organs and cells, etc. Sometimes Amy's risks (which I totally respect and admire) pay off brilliantly, as with a powerful recurring image of the invisible psychic threads that literally crosscut our world. Other times, I found the narr
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Dec 27, 2007
Jason
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(My full review of this book is much longer than GoodReads' word-count limitations. Find the entire essay at the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography [cclapcenter.com].)
As a lot of CCLaP's readers are probably already aware, one of the first rules of artistic criticism is that the reviewer in question is never supposed to inject their personal lives into their essays, write in the first person, or other such things that unduly call attention to themselves; it's a rule I some More...
As a lot of CCLaP's readers are probably already aware, one of the first rules of artistic criticism is that the reviewer in question is never supposed to inject their personal lives into their essays, write in the first person, or other such things that unduly call attention to themselves; it's a rule I some More...
Nov 10, 2009
Kate
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Once in a while there's a book that takes awesome characters and punk rock prose and blends the two into such an interesting story that it takes your breath away. This is one of those stories.
In my old age I'm finding that I like the indie-press liturature more because it's engaging, raw, and unapologetic.
Anyways, this story is about three women Helen, Carmen and Frida who are caught in their own vortex of breaking down. Amy Guth does a great job of plopping the reade More...
In my old age I'm finding that I like the indie-press liturature more because it's engaging, raw, and unapologetic.
Anyways, this story is about three women Helen, Carmen and Frida who are caught in their own vortex of breaking down. Amy Guth does a great job of plopping the reade More...
Oct 29, 2008
I want to read this book but can't find it anywhere online!! I've asked So New Media if they'll ship to the Netherlands and got no answer, as for Amazon, it's out of stock... any idea how I could get it?
Jun 28, 2008
m.lady
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I just finished it last night. After I read the last line I said, "holy motherf*cking shi*t" out loud.
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