Bird
This is a novel about the persistence of longing in which the twin lives of the title character blur and overlap. Bird puts her child on the bus for school and passes the day with her baby. Interwoven into the passage of the day are phone calls from a promiscuous, unmarried friend, and Bird’s...
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This is a novel about the persistence of longing in which the twin lives of the title character blur and overlap. Bird puts her child on the bus for school and passes the day with her baby. Interwoven into the passage of the day are phone calls from a promiscuous, unmarried friend, and Bird’s recollection of the feral, reckless love she knew as a young woman. It’s a day in
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Format: Hardcover
ISBN:
9781619025646 (1619025647)
Publisher: Counterpoint
Pages no: 176
Edition language: English
http://msarki.tumblr.com/post/135907304553/bird-by-noy-hollandHaving held Noy Holland’s first book of short stories, The Spectacle of the Body, in the highest esteem I was excited to get my hands on her first foray into the novel genre. I did expect to be blown away again by her beautiful language....