American Literature: American Woman in the Chinese Hat (Hardcover)

from abirdman

A great book to introduce Carole Maso, a difficult but worthwhile writer of the highest caliber. While some of her novels are hard to follow, this one has an actual plot and narrative sequence. Well worth the effort.

from pipster

For me, Maso's prose is addictive. I read and reread paragraphs like this one: "Often she tried to hold back despair, stave off depression with another affair. To lose herself there. In dazzling silence with a stranger. Where everything disappeared, every place, every name. Until she became a bla...

from kjacobson1

For me, Maso's prose is addictive. I read and reread paragraphs like this one: "Often she tried to hold back despair, stave off depression with another affair. To lose herself there. In dazzling silence with a stranger. Where everything disappeared, every place, every name. Until she became a bla...

from abirdman

A great book to introduce Carole Maso, a difficult but worthwhile writer of the highest caliber. While some of her novels are hard to follow, this one has an actual plot and narrative sequence. Well worth the effort.

from pipster

For me, Maso's prose is addictive. I read and reread paragraphs like this one: "Often she tried to hold back despair, stave off depression with another affair. To lose herself there. In dazzling silence with a stranger. Where everything disappeared, every place, every name. Until she became a bla...