Description
About the Author
Lidia Yuknavitch is the author of the novels The Book of Joan, The Small Backs of Children and Dora: A Headcase as well as a highly acclaimed memoir, The Chronology of Water. Her TED talk, 'The Beauty of Being a Misfit', has been watched over two million times. Lidia teaches in Oregon, where she lives with her husband and their son.
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Reviews
Wild . . . genuinely subversive * * New Yorker * *
A tour de force * * Los Angeles Review of Books * *
Intensely corporeal, potently feminist, tenaciously written * * Boston Globe * *
Lidia Yuknavitch burns through sex, art, and war * * Vanity Fair * *
Explosive . . . with a vital intensity that grabs at the gutstrings * * Los Angeles Times * *
Beautifully examines the fractures of loss and the myriad ways we can recover from it . . . A wild ride * * Huffington Post * *
I have never felt so wrung out by a novel and yet simultaneously invigorated . . . A terrifically good novel and powerfully written * * Paris Review * *
[An example] of thrilling storytelling with universal appeal * * Entertainment Weekly * *
This is a novel for the bold of heart * * New York Journal of Books * *
Masterful . . . Promises to stay on the skin long after the reader has turned the last page . . . Tightly wound, pacy and provocative * * Irish Independent * *
Book Information
ISBN 9781786892430
Author Lidia Yuknavitch
Format Paperback
Page Count 256
Imprint Canongate Books
Publisher Canongate Books
Weight(grams) 174g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 16mm