The life of acclaimed novelist Howard Norman has had its share of "arresting strangeness." In this spellbinding memoir, Norman connects these moments to show how life tangles with the psyche to become art. His story begins with a harrowing and hilarious portrait of a Midwest boyhood summer working in a bookmobile in the shadow of a grifter father and under the erotic tutelage of his brother's girlfriend. His story continues in places as far-flung as the Arctic, where he spends time as a translator of Inuit tales, and in ...
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The life of acclaimed novelist Howard Norman has had its share of "arresting strangeness." In this spellbinding memoir, Norman connects these moments to show how life tangles with the psyche to become art. His story begins with a harrowing and hilarious portrait of a Midwest boyhood summer working in a bookmobile in the shadow of a grifter father and under the erotic tutelage of his brother's girlfriend. His story continues in places as far-flung as the Arctic, where he spends time as a translator of Inuit tales, and in Point Reyes, California, as a student of birds. Norman's story is stitched together with moments of deeply felt violence and uncanny solace.
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