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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... took the red butterfly chair . She observed that Jack always said he was on his way out when he called . " It's like you can't make an entrance until you've established your exit . ” Jack hated for people to analyze his behavior . He ...
... took the red butterfly chair . She observed that Jack always said he was on his way out when he called . " It's like you can't make an entrance until you've established your exit . ” Jack hated for people to analyze his behavior . He ...
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... took it to the hospital known as the Mayo Clinic for animals . She said she wrote out a check for the bird's costly treatment , then put it in a cab for Brooklyn where there is a sanctuary for such cases . She took the driver's number ...
... took it to the hospital known as the Mayo Clinic for animals . She said she wrote out a check for the bird's costly treatment , then put it in a cab for Brooklyn where there is a sanctuary for such cases . She took the driver's number ...
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... took a cigarette out of his pack , and a uniformed employee said , " No smoking , sir . They don't let us smoke here . " Warren took out a pack of matches and lit his cigarette . “ But you can smoke . You're a customer , " the mechanic ...
... took a cigarette out of his pack , and a uniformed employee said , " No smoking , sir . They don't let us smoke here . " Warren took out a pack of matches and lit his cigarette . “ But you can smoke . You're a customer , " the mechanic ...
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