Omnivores
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Book Overview
In a claustrophobic, surreal California house, teenager Est?e Kraft lives with her domineering father, whose obsession with insect taxonomy bleeds into sadism. As his schemes multiply, Est?e's... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1565120892
ISBN13:9781565120891
Release Date:January 1996
Publisher:Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Length:220 Pages
Weight:0.70 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 5.3" x 7.3"
Customer Reviews
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The best damned fiction available in a country of fiction
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
Lydia Millet succeeds where everyone but James Joyce fails. She creates a language of dichotomous touchstones known to some, feared by most, swallowed, digested, and converted to the very lives of others. Nothing comes close to Millet's diffraction of neo-americana.If you are going to read one book this year, read this one, then dial 911.
She is the future of writing
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 27 years ago
Omnivore is the most impressive first novel I've read in a long time. I'm eagerly awaiting Ms. Millet's next work
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