An Earthquake is A Shaking of the Surface of the Earth
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Förlag | Random House USA |
Format | Häftad |
Språk | Engelska |
Vikt | 370 gr |
Utgiven | 2024-11-19 |
ISBN | 9781593767839 |
In An Earthquake Is a Shaking of the Surface of the Earth, an unnamed narrator struggles to regain the ability to walk after a sudden seismic event has rendered unpredictable shifts and undulations in the ground.
Convinced of a need to find and kill her younger housemate, Tala, who has disappeared, the narrator struggles physically and psychically to contend with her homicidal task in the wake of failure as a Method actor.
The narrator travels back in time and out into a dust-covered, shadowy city, where she is targeted by charismatic 'healing' ideologues with uncertain motives. Torn between a paranoid suspicion of internalized, toxic language, and a desperate attempt to find stability and feel something like whole, she is forced to question familiar figurations of light, shadow, authenticity, and voice, taking tentative steps toward a new understanding of self and world.