Passages NordicA poetic book of voices, landscapes and the passing of time, Ann Quin's finely wrought novel reflects the multiple meanings of the very word "passages." Two characters move through the booka woman in search of her brother, and her lover (a A poetic book of voices, landscapes and the passing of time, Ann Quin's finely wrought novel reflects the multiple meanings of the very word "passages." Two characters move through the booka woman in search of her
and uproarious
conventional feelings
sexually—with an obsessively rationalist couple
Johnson and Georges Perec
or brilliant agent provocateur–or both
" she blames herself for her son's deformity)
Including Ethiopian-born Dinaw Mengestu
With his keen ear and remarkable compassion
Her work—often based upon her own personal experiences
Short stories about men and women
the son vows to avenge his father’s death by murdering his father’s killers
They indulge their incestuous desires and bizarre fantasies in a room in the Plaza Santa Domingo