Ella Minnow Pea

from yarb

Read in one sitting (actually one "lying down"). Funny "novel in letters" about a community progressively losing access to its letters. Reads like a practice run for Dunn's later, more expansive and better but in some ways similar (cut-off communities, manufactured realities) Under the Harrow.

from seekingflight

I have been wanting to read this ever since I read reviews of its premise on Library Thing, but haven't had any luck at any of the public libraries I've consulted. So I finally gave in and bought the kindle version. And it was well worth waiting for ... The story is set on a fictitious island, wh...

from DarthFisticuffs

Lovely, clever, and funny, a fascinating exercise in language and community.

from richardderus

Well-loved books from my past Rating: 3.9* of five The Book Description: There are two book descriptions, both good; this first is for the hardcover, published by MacAdam/Cage, that I read years ago: Ella Minnow Pea is an epistolary novel set in the fictional island of Nollop situated off the coa...

from dallenbaugh

A story in letters and missing letters on the island of Nollop off the coast of South Carolina where the town hero Nollop came up with the pangram "The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog". As letters fall off one by one from Nollop's statue the townspeople are forced to write and speak witho...