false<![CDATA[Atmospheric Disturbances: A Novel]]>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255643500m/2410293.jpg241029314<div><div>When Dr. Leo Liebenstein’s wife disappears, she leaves behind a single, confounding clue: a woman who looks, talks, and behaves exactly like her—or <i>almost </i>exactly like her—and even audaciously claims to be her. While everyone else is fooled by this imposter, Leo knows better than to trust his senses in matters of the heart. Certain that the original Rema is alive and in hiding, Leo embarks on a quixotic journey to reclaim his lost love. </div><div> </div><div>With the help of his psychiatric patient Harvey—who believes himself to be a secret agent who can control the weather—Leo attempts to unravel the mystery of the spousal switch. His investigation leads him to the enigmatic guidance of the meteorologist Dr. Tzvi Gal-Chen, the secret workings of the Royal Academy of Meteorology in their cosmic conflict with the 49 Quantum Fathers, and the unwelcome conviction that somehow he—or maybe his wife, or maybe even Harvey—lies at the center of all these unfathomables. From the streets of New York to the southernmost reaches of Patagonia, Leo’s erratic quest becomes a test of how far he is willing to take his struggle against the seemingly uncontestable truth he knows in his heart to be false. </div><div> </div><div><i>Atmospheric Disturbances </i>is at once a moving love story, a dark comedy, a psychological thriller, and a deeply disturbing portrait of a fracturing mind. With tremendous compassion and dazzling literary sophistication, Rivka Galchen investigates the moment of crisis when you suddenly realize that the reality you insist upon is no longer one you can accept, and the person you love has become merely the person you live with. This highly inventive debut explores the mysterious nature of human relationships, and how we spend our lives trying to weather the storms of our own making. </div></div>24174702752008Atmospheric Disturbances: A Noveltotal:989|5:97|4:281|3:336|2:198|1:77|98930902125354211falsefalseThu Aug 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008Thu Jul 10 10:35:35 -0700 2008Thu Aug 07 18:22:14 -0700 2008
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wow. I liked this book quite a lot. It is certainly original and cool. Also a really great blend of beautiful language, surprising insight, wonderfully strange characters, fascinating factualness. It reads very quickly, really propelling you forward, in a sort of frenzied rush at the poin...more...]]>
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26falsefalseSun Oct 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008Tue Jun 17 11:15:23 -0700 2008Thu Jan 01 12:56:44 -0800 2009 The problem is, do we ...more...]]>
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I won't pretend that the pony of my heart was not distracted from your book by the suicide of David Foster Wallace. Or that I haven't, just like I'm guessing 700 million people right now, picked up Infinite Jest again.
Nonetheless, Rivka, I am sorry to say tha...more...]]>
21falsefalseFri Nov 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008Thu Nov 06 20:24:01 -0800 2008Sun Nov 30 23:34:13 -0800 2008 Some reviewers have likened Galchen to Murakami, but although both writers paint surreal landscapes with words, Murakami's landscapes are masterpieces along the lines of Salvadore Dali, Galchen is more like Gregoire Michonze.
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Ok, I finished it, but the fact that it's taken me over a week to get around to reviewing it says something about the lackluster...more...]]>
41falsefalseTue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008Wed Jul 02 10:33:57 -0700 2008Tue Jul 08 14:48:13 -0700 2008 I interpreted it as the telling of what happens when somebody you love changes. The narrator, rather than acknowledging that his wife had simply changed as a person, becomes convinced that she is NOT his wife. He runs away to Argentina, her country of origin, to...more...]]>
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When Dr. Leo Liebenstein's wife, Rema, comes through the door of their apartment carrying a little dog, he knows instantly that she's an impostor. First of all, Rema doesn't like dogs. And secondly, though this simulacrum has the same "hayfeverishly fresh scent ... sa...more...]]>
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Francisco Goldman and pleased to note one from Vendela Vida as the first two on the back of the book. Well, mostly, this novel made me sad, and occasionally confused me with complex meteorological references.
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