false 33365 4 Sigrid Nunezs early novel is the beautifully wrought story of one woman living precariously between cultures, a haunting tale of un-assimilation. Our narrator, the daughter of a Chinese-Panamanian father and a German mother, comes of age in the 1960s housing projects of New York. Desperate to escape from her troubled home, Christa throws herself into the world of ballet and language. It is only when she begins a passionate affair with a Russian immigrant that she discovers how much she remains bound to the past and the world of her parents. 1462761 1995 A Feather on the Breath of God: A Novel total:132|5:31|4:50|3:39|2:12|1:0| 132 496 175 29 4 0 false false Fri Jan 02 14:16:18 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 14:16:29 -0800 2009
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(I can call Sigrid by her first name because I took a class with her ten years ago at Smith College and plan to keep bragging about it for the rest of my life.)

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