Emotionally Weird: A Novel

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Year: 2000
Pages: 343
Binding Hardcover
ISBN 312203241

Product Code: 756795214

Description

Kate Atkinson (au). An original comic narrative that explores the nonsensical power of language & meaning. On a weather-beaten island off the coast of Scotland, Effie & her mother, Nora, take refuge in the house of their ancestors & tell each other stories. Nora, at first, recounts who Effie’s real father was. Effie tells various versions of her life at college, where in fact she lives in a lethargic relationship with Bob, a student who never goes to lectures & seldom gets out of bed. But as mother & daughter spin their tales, strange things are happening around them. Why is Effie being followed? Is someone killing the old people? And where is the mysterious yellow dog? “Brilliantly & playfully explores the questions of how identity is formed, & how it can be shattered.”

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