The Small Backs of Children by Lidia Yuknavitch
In a war-torn village in Eastern Europe, an American photographer captures a heart-stopping image: a young girl fleeing a fiery explosion that has engulfed her home and family. It becomes an icon for millions, winning acclaim and prizes - and a subject of obsession for one writer, the photographer's best friend, who has suffered a tragedy of her own. With the flash of a camera, one girl's life is shattered and another's is altered forever.
Wild. . genuinely subversive * * New Yorker * *
A tour de force * * Los Angeles Review of Books * *
Intensely corporeal, potently feminist, tenaciously written * * Boston Globe * *
Lidia Yuknavitch burns through sex, art, and war * * Vanity Fair * *
Explosive . . . with a vital intensity that grabs at the gutstrings * * Los Angeles Times * *
Beautifully examines the fractures of loss and the myriad ways we can recover from it . . . A wild ride * * Huffington Post * *
I have never felt so wrung out by a novel and yet simultaneously invigorated . . . A terrifically good novel and powerfully written * * Paris Review * *
[An example] of thrilling storytelling with universal appeal * * Entertainment Weekly * *
This is a novel for the bold of heart * * New York Journal of Books * *
Masterful . . . Promises to stay on the skin long after the reader has turned the last page . . . Tightly wound, pacy and provocative * * Irish Independent * *
A tour de force * * Los Angeles Review of Books * *
Intensely corporeal, potently feminist, tenaciously written * * Boston Globe * *
Lidia Yuknavitch burns through sex, art, and war * * Vanity Fair * *
Explosive . . . with a vital intensity that grabs at the gutstrings * * Los Angeles Times * *
Beautifully examines the fractures of loss and the myriad ways we can recover from it . . . A wild ride * * Huffington Post * *
I have never felt so wrung out by a novel and yet simultaneously invigorated . . . A terrifically good novel and powerfully written * * Paris Review * *
[An example] of thrilling storytelling with universal appeal * * Entertainment Weekly * *
This is a novel for the bold of heart * * New York Journal of Books * *
Masterful . . . Promises to stay on the skin long after the reader has turned the last page . . . Tightly wound, pacy and provocative * * Irish Independent * *
Lidia Yuknavitch is the author of the novels The Book of Joan, The Small Backs of Children and Dora: A Headcase as well as a highly acclaimed memoir, The Chronology of Water. Her TED talk, 'The Beauty of Being a Misfit', has been watched over two million times. Lidia teaches in Oregon, where she lives with her husband and their son.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781786892430 |
| ISBN 10 | 178689243X |
| Title | The Small Backs of Children |
| Author | Lidia Yuknavitch |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Canongate Books |
| Year published | 2020-01-02 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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