Tumble Home: A Novella and Short StoriesScribner, 1997 - 155 síður "Tumble Home" is narrated by people with skewed visions of home. Not exactly crazy, they become obsessed and irrational as their inner logic leads them astray. In the title novella, a woman living in a psychiatric halfway house writes to a man she has met only once. Proceeding in brief vignettes that link and illuminate, she recounts her peculiar life with the other patients. The accretions of anecdote lead deeper and deeper into the psyche and history of the narrator, gradually revealing the reason for her urgent letter. |
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... I came here , I asked my father a question and gave him a year to answer . The question I asked him is : What is it about me that most resembles my mother ? And I will wonder during this year that follows , < 105 » Tumble Home.
... I came here , I asked my father a question and gave him a year to answer . The question I asked him is : What is it about me that most resembles my mother ? And I will wonder during this year that follows , < 105 » Tumble Home.
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... asked , " What kind of dog is he ? ” I said , “ He's a beagle , ” and the saleswoman said , " No , no - I mean , what's he like ? " ) The first time I walked one of the nearby shelter dogs , I broke into futile tears . I said to one of ...
... asked , " What kind of dog is he ? ” I said , “ He's a beagle , ” and the saleswoman said , " No , no - I mean , what's he like ? " ) The first time I walked one of the nearby shelter dogs , I broke into futile tears . I said to one of ...
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... asked , painting or drawing ? " Drawing is a racing yacht cutting through the ocean , ” he said . “ Painting is the ... asked , and when I told him he signaled a waiter and asked him to bring Tabasco . He was a kind man with whom it was ...
... asked , painting or drawing ? " Drawing is a racing yacht cutting through the ocean , ” he said . “ Painting is the ... asked , and when I told him he signaled a waiter and asked him to bring Tabasco . He was a kind man with whom it was ...
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