Life is A Kind of Dream. So is the art we make in response to life.
In A Kind of Dream, five generations of an artistic family explore
the ups and downs of life, discovering that for an artist even
failure is success, because the work matters more than the self.
The selves in this book include Nina, a writer, and her husband,
Palmer, a historian, who, having settled into marriage and family
life, are now faced with the bittersweetness of late life; BB and
Roy, who make a movie in Mongolia; Tavy, Nina's adopted daughter, a
painter in her twenties who meets her birth mother for the first
time; and Tavy's young daughter, Callie, a budding violinist. Other
vivid characters confront the awful fact of violence in America;
try to cope with political ineptitude; and one devises his own code
of sexual morality. Perhaps the most important character is Nina's
dog, a salt-and-pepper cairn terrier of uncommon wisdom. Fame,
death, rash self-destruction, laughter, the excitement of making
good art, love, marriage, being a mother, being a father, the
appreciation of beauty, and always life-life itself, life in all
its shapes and guises-it's all here. A Kind of Dream is the
culminating book in a trilogy Kelly Cherry began with My Life and
Dr. Joyce Brothers and The Society of Friends. Each book stands
alone, but together they take us on a Dantean journey from midlife
to Paradise. Cherry's prose is hallmarked by lyric grace, sly wit,
the energy of her intelligence, and profound compassion for and
understanding of her characters. Set in Madison, Wisconsin, A Kind
of Dream reveals a surprisingly wide view of the world and the
authority of someone who has mastered her art. It is a book to
experience and to reflect upon.
General
| Imprint: |
University of Wisconsin Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
May 2014 |
| First published: |
May 2014 |
| Authors: |
Kelly Cherry
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| Dimensions: |
210 x 140 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
|
| Pages: |
176 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-299-29760-2 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
| LSN: |
0-299-29760-8 |
| Barcode: |
9780299297602 |
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