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Little Labors

By Rivka Galchen

Little Labors Social Sciences

Little Labors

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Description
Sei Shonagon's Pillow Book-a key inspiration for Rivka Galchen's new book-contains a list of "Things That Make One Nervous." And wouldn't the blessed event top almost anyone's list? Little Labors is a slanted, enchanted literary miscellany. Varying in length from just a sentence or paragraph to a several-page story or essay, Galchen's puzzle pieces assemble into a shining, unpredictable, mordant picture of the ordinary-extraordinary nature of babies and literature. Anecdotal or analytic, each part opens up an odd and tender world of wonder. The 47 Ronin; the black magic of maternal love; babies morphing from pumas to chickens; the quasi-repellent concept of "women writers"; origami-ophilia in Oklahoma as a gateway drug to a lifelong obsession with Japan; discussions of favorite passages from the Heian masterpieces Genji and The Pillow Book; the frightening prevalence of orange as today's new chic color for baby gifts; Frankenstein as a sort of baby; babies gold mines; babies as tiny Godzillas ... Little Labors-atomized and exploratory, conceptually byzantine and freshly forthright-delights.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
136
Release Date:
2016-05-17
Publication Date:
2016-05-17
Publisher:
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0811225585
ISBN13:
9780811225588
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
195 g
Height:
103 cm
Width:
170 cm
Thickness:
27 cm

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