Chimerica
Anita Felicelli
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21,000+ Reviews
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Description
In the the fictional country of Chimerica, down-and-out Tamil American trial lawyer Maya Ramesh fights to save a painted lemur come to life, and in settings that range from Oakland, California, to a Malagasy rain forest, becomes a champion for them both. In magical realist tradition Anita Felicelli's sprawling and satiric novel, Chimerica, looks at the inherent absurdities that drive systems of culture, power, and law. Fans of Marquez, Kelly Link, and Helen Oyeyemi will find Chimerica a spirited investigation of the ways in which art is codified and commodified-- a contemporary philosophical, non-ideological novel about art, originality, and Americanculture.
Product Details
Price
$18.95
$17.62
Publisher
Wtaw Press
Publish Date
September 05, 2019
Pages
296
Dimensions
6.0 X 9.1 X 1.0 inches | 0.65 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781732982017
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About the Author
Anita Felicelli is the author of the award-winning Love Songs for a Lost Continent. She has contributed essays and literary criticism to the San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Review of Books, and the New York Times (Modern Love), among other places. She lives with her family in Mountain View, CA.
Reviews
"Felicelli's remarkable CHIMERICA is a coolly surrealist legal thriller--in turns sly, absurd, emotionally vivid, and satirically incisive--that shifts the reader into a world just adjacent to our own."--Jonathan Letham "Felicelli blends the matter-of-fact with the mysterious in this utterly unique and compellingly readable debut. CHIMERICA is more than the story of a woman coming into her own power; it's a keen dive into the worlds of law, visual art, and marriage. You really couldn't ask for a novel with better ingredients. Did I mention there's a talking lemur? THERE'S A TALKING LEMUR."--Kelly Luce "CHIMERICA is the novel about trial lawyers, talking lemurs, and public art you never knew you needed. Anita Felicelli's charming prose and intriguing characters pull you in and keep you engaged. I'm thankful for this wonderfully odd, yet beautifully accessible novel."--Rajesh Parameswaran, author of I Am an Executioner: Love Stories
