Here is a spacious and marvelously original first novel by the author of the wrarmly received short story collection Family Attractions, with its own distinctive pace and music and ability to invest the mundane with a feeling of the magical.
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"[A] touching picaresque journey through the deserts of the west and the landscape of memory."
"An almost Tolstoyian insight into the human plight.... A beautiful book."
"Elegant and unexpected.... Literature at its best."
"A tremendous coup for a first novel, for any novel. Freeman introduces us to an America of transcendental landscapes, cultures like forgotten flowers and festive, fierce cities.... Freeman brings her richest gifts to literature."
About the Author:
Judith Freeman is the author of three novels–The Chinchilla Farm, Set for Life, and A Desert of Pure Feeling–and of Family Attractions, a collection of stories. She lives in California.
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- PublisherW. W. Norton & Co.
- Publication date1990
- ISBN 10 0393027228
- ISBN 13 9780393027228
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages308
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