Poetry as prose. Spectacular first novel, impossible to read quickly. “She had lavender lips and orange hair, and arched eyebrows each drawn in a single brown line, a contest between practice and palsy which sometimes ended at her ear.” Might have liked Gilead even more; more spare and powerful, but this is an amazing piece of writing; every word counts.
Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson
April 7, 2010
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