Kick the Latch (Paperback)

Kathryn Scanlan's Kick the Latch vividly captures the arc of one woman's life at the racetrack-the flat land and ramshackle backstretch; the bad feelings and friction; the winner's circle and the racetrack bar; the fancy suits and fancy boots; and the "particular language" of "grooms, jockeys, trainers, racing secretaries, stewards, pony people, hotwalkers, everybody"-with economy and integrity. Based on transcribed interviews with Sonia, a horse trainer, the novel investigates form and authenticity in a feat of synthesis reminiscent of Charles Reznikoff's Testimony. As Scanlan puts it, "I wanted to preserve-amplify, exaggerate-Sonia's idiosyncratic speech, her bluntness, her flair as a storyteller. I arrived at what you could call a composite portrait of a self." Whittled down with a fiercely singular artistry, Kick the Latch bangs out of the starting gate and carries the reader on a careening joyride around the inside track.

General

Imprint:	New Directions Publishing Corporation
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2022
Authors:	Kathryn Scanlan
Dimensions:	185 x 119 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - With flaps
Pages:	144
ISBN-13:	978-0-8112-3200-5
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Westerns Promotions
LSN:	0-8112-3200-X
Barcode:	9780811232005

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