Growing up wild in the 1970s, Nik was always the artist, always in a band. His beloved sister Denise was his most passionate fan. But now Denise watches as Nik retreats into a strange and private world of his own creation, leaving her to navigate the real world on her own. When her daughter, Ada, decides to make a film of Nik's life and work, and tragedy strikes very close to home, Denise must try to make sense of what it means to be a sister, a daughter and a mother. Evocative, honest and fiercely original, Stone Arabia ...
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Growing up wild in the 1970s, Nik was always the artist, always in a band. His beloved sister Denise was his most passionate fan. But now Denise watches as Nik retreats into a strange and private world of his own creation, leaving her to navigate the real world on her own. When her daughter, Ada, decides to make a film of Nik's life and work, and tragedy strikes very close to home, Denise must try to make sense of what it means to be a sister, a daughter and a mother. Evocative, honest and fiercely original, Stone Arabia is about how we become the adults we are. It's a story of family, obsession, memory and the urge to create, no matter what.
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Most prospective readers will be puzzled by the title of this novel. If one drives in an area of central New York State not too far from Utica, one might--- as I once did--- pass a sign for the small town with this odd name. Peculiarly, although it figures a bit in the development of this fine novel, it is hardly central to it. No matter. Ms Spiotta is a writer of rare gifts. I preferred her earlier novel, Eat The Document, a fictional account of a fugitive radical, and thus a more richly textured story, but I would quickly pick up any book of hers. Unusually good fiction.
