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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... heard her on the phone with the doctor ; he heard her say " setback " and thought they were talking about him till he could tell they were talking about a patient . " Me , me , me , " Jack had chanted to himself . He looked at the ...
... heard her on the phone with the doctor ; he heard her say " setback " and thought they were talking about him till he could tell they were talking about a patient . " Me , me , me , " Jack had chanted to himself . He looked at the ...
Síða 115
... heard a woman brag , " Barney makes on command . " Another woman observed her dog as it was mounted by two oth- ers in succession ; she said that her dog's social life was better than her own . I was watching TV in Little Egypt with ...
... heard a woman brag , " Barney makes on command . " Another woman observed her dog as it was mounted by two oth- ers in succession ; she said that her dog's social life was better than her own . I was watching TV in Little Egypt with ...
Síða 127
... heard Warren try to get information out of her , saying , “ You see any reason I shouldn't get a Harley ? " I have done it , too — watched her closely as I unveil plans for next year . I know her insights are back because of last week ...
... heard Warren try to get information out of her , saying , “ You see any reason I shouldn't get a Harley ? " I have done it , too — watched her closely as I unveil plans for next year . I know her insights are back because of last week ...
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