
Little Labors
Rivka Galchen
(Author)Description
In this enchanting miscellany, Galchen notes that literature has more dogs than babies (and also more abortions), that the tally of children for many great women writers--Jane Bowles, Elizabeth Bishop, Virginia Woolf, Janet Frame, Willa Cather, Patricia Highsmith, Iris Murdoch, Djuna Barnes, Mavis Gallant--is zero, that orange is the new baby pink, that The Tale of Genji has no plot but plenty of drama about paternity, that babies exude an intoxicating black magic, and that a baby is a goldmine.
Product Details
Publisher | New Directions Publishing Corporation |
Publish Date | March 26, 2019 |
Pages | 144 |
Language | English |
Type | |
EAN/UPC | 9780811222969 |
Dimensions | 7.0 X 4.5 X 0.4 inches | 0.2 pounds |
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Reviews
A quietly revolutionary little book.-- "The Millions"
Everything one could possibly need is dispensed via dense, tiny, mysterious pellets--a fortified shot of literary enrichment we didn't even know we needed, but that now feels vital and enthralling.-- "The New Republic"
Galchen does something more profound than tackle motherhood; she utterly reinvents and reanimates the subject.--Christopher Bollen "Interview Magazine"
Not your mother's motherhood lit. Brief, gemlike reflections on adjusting to life under the rule of a baby daughter (called 'the puma'): it's a book that will ring both familiar and strange.-- "NPR (Best Books of the Year)"
Witty and delightfully intelligent.--Carolyn Kellogg "Los Angeles Times"
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