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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... told us she was going to go look at a litter of puppies . Warren told her there was no such thing as " just looking " at puppies . " Often you do see puppies that just aren't cute enough , " he said . Then he wondered aloud what kind of ...
... told us she was going to go look at a litter of puppies . Warren told her there was no such thing as " just looking " at puppies . " Often you do see puppies that just aren't cute enough , " he said . Then he wondered aloud what kind of ...
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... told the medical team that he had left his body and gone to visit his wife's cousin . The day , the time , corresponded . " I was talking to my cousin's husband , " Chatty had told me that night . Without faith or courage , I hope she ...
... told the medical team that he had left his body and gone to visit his wife's cousin . The day , the time , corresponded . " I was talking to my cousin's husband , " Chatty had told me that night . Without faith or courage , I hope she ...
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... told him to lower it an inch . " You should look into a painting , not up at it , " he said , “ especially in a room where people are sitting down . " He took us to his favorite place to eat . I was just then old enough to order a real ...
... told him to lower it an inch . " You should look into a painting , not up at it , " he said , “ especially in a room where people are sitting down . " He took us to his favorite place to eat . I was just then old enough to order a real ...
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