House Mother Normal
Autor: | Johnson, B. S. |
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EAN: | 9780811222143 |
Sachgruppe: | Belletristik |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Seitenzahl: | 208 |
Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 23.08.2016 |
Schlagworte: | Fiction - General |
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House Mother Normal, subtitled "A Geriatric Comedy," is the English writer B. S. Johnson's fifth novel. Unusual in both its subject and structure, this novel is a remarkable study of old age, stripped of sentimentality and spiked with bizarre language and perceptions. Made up of eight monologues describing a single day at a nursing home, House Mother Normal explores the failing minds of the elderly with precision, humor, and unflagging compassion, and Johnson achieves, with inventiveness and escalating absurdity, a vivid multidimensional effect.