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As children, Tam and her older brother were swimming when she
suffered her first epileptic seizure. He pulled her from the water
and was crowned a hero. Tam was labeled "disabled" and never swam
again. And so began 30 years of vigilance, never allowing her body
to betray her, never allowing her brother or her family or anyone
else to influence her path. Now, in middle age, a lifetime's worth
of control has taken its toll. Exhausted, she heads to Maine where,
while working on a genealogy project, she falls under the spell of
two dead women: an ancestor, Mary Catherine, who died at 33; the
other, the town ghost. Through their cloistered, tragic lives Tam
relives her own life over and over -- until a distant cousin forces
her to see herself in a new light. Tam's quest to transcend
self-imposed limitations is superbly crafted and richly
satisfying.
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Charlatan (Paperback)
Cris Mazza
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R504
R425
Discovery Miles 4 250
Save R79 (16%)
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While in many ways reaffirming the mythic dimension of being on the
road already romanticized in American pop and folk culture,
"Revelation Countdown" also subtly undermines that view. These
stories project onto the open road not the nirvana of personal
freedom but rather a type of freedom more closely resembling loss
of control. Being in constant motion and passing through new
environments destabilizes life, casts it out of phase, heightens
perception, skews reactions. Every little problem is magnified to
overwhelming dimensions; events segue from slow motion to fast
forward; background noises intrude, causing perpetual weehour
insomnia. Imagination flourishes, often as an enemy: people
suddenly discover that they never really understood their
travelling companions. The formerly stable line of their lives
veers off course. In such an atmosphere, the title "Revelation
Countdown", borrowed from a roadside sign in Tennessee, proves
prophetic: It may not arrive at 7:30, but revelation will
inevitably find the traveller.
From D. H. Lawrence to Philip Roth, acclaimed male writers have
depicted sex from the perspective of female characters. Now, women
writers from Aimee Bender to Jennifer Egan engage in provocative
fictional cross-dressing, exploring sexuality from the male point
of view. With a foreword by Steve Almond, this provocative
collection includes work from twenty-six women in all, including
Bender, Egan, Susan Minot, Elizabeth Benedict, Alicia Erian, and
Diane Williams. Edited by Gina Frangello, Stacy Bierlein, Cris
Mazza and Kat Meads--four women with a great deal of experience as
editors ("Other Voices Magazine," OV Books, anthologies) and
authors.
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