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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Síða 82
... live with that . " " I like golden retrievers , " Karen said . " You don't think they've kind of got that Stepford thing going ? " Warren said . Warren is pronounced Warn , or Worn . You know how most of us don't say things in a mem ...
... live with that . " " I like golden retrievers , " Karen said . " You don't think they've kind of got that Stepford thing going ? " Warren said . Warren is pronounced Warn , or Worn . You know how most of us don't say things in a mem ...
Síða 106
... live in a separate wing of the main building , and drop in throughout the week . We can call them at night if we need to . Some are young and still in training . They follow the doctor , and are courteous and kind . They take it as an ...
... live in a separate wing of the main building , and drop in throughout the week . We can call them at night if we need to . Some are young and still in training . They follow the doctor , and are courteous and kind . They take it as an ...
Síða 132
... live . " The dolphins chattered like little children , " the woman said . " When my baby was born , the dolphins went wild . They bobbed up and down ; their smiles were so beautiful ! " In gratitude , the woman named her daughter Dol ...
... live . " The dolphins chattered like little children , " the woman said . " When my baby was born , the dolphins went wild . They bobbed up and down ; their smiles were so beautiful ! " In gratitude , the woman named her daughter Dol ...
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