A portrait of a woman stranded between her hometown and a new city, naivete and cynicism, welcoming togetherness and the nagging Feeling of somehow being apart ...
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In the tradition of Rachel Cusk and Sheila Heti, The Ballad of Big Feeling reveals the mind of a woman perched before middle age and confronting the hidden contradictions and intricacies of everyday life.
And she finds herself reliving her childhood memories while she waits--for what, she is not sure.
She buys groceries and goes to work.
She is smart and sensible. ---Lynn Steger Strong, New York Times Book Review The woman lives on a cul-de-sac with her lover and her dog.
It\'s a thrill to see that language can still be made to help us feel the rush of life anew.
Braverman spins images that pull that perfect trick of making the familiar feel fresh...
It is, in short, a startling and assured debut.
In the hands of an exciting new writer, Ari Braverman, it\'s a tale both spare and spacious, textured and poetic, frustrating and funny -- a delicately crafted volume that will linger in the mind of the reader long after they\'ve put it down.
In the tradition of Rachel Cusk and Sheila Heti, The Ballad of Big Feeling reveals the mind of a woman perched before middle age and confronting the hidden contradictions and intricacies of everyday life.
And she finds herself reliving her childhood memories while she waits--for what, she is not sure.
She buys groceries and goes to work.
She is smart and sensible. ---Lynn Steger Strong, New York Times Book Review The woman lives on a cul-de-sac with her lover and her dog.
It\'s a thrill to see that language can still be made to help us feel the rush of life anew.
Braverman spins images that pull that perfect trick of making the familiar feel fresh...
It is, in short, a startling and assured debut.
In the hands of an exciting new writer, Ari Braverman, it\'s a tale both spare and spacious, textured and poetic, frustrating and funny -- a delicately crafted volume that will linger in the mind of the reader long after they\'ve put it down.
In the tradition of Rachel Cusk and Sheila Heti, The Ballad of Big Feeling reveals the mind of a woman perched before middle age and confronting the hidden contradictions and intricacies of everyday life.
And she finds herself reliving her childhood memories while she waits--for what, she is not sure.
She buys groceries and goes to work.
She is smart and sensible.
The woman lives on a cul-de-sac with her lover and her dog.
A portrait of a woman stranded between her hometown and a new city, naivete and cynicism, welcoming togetherness and the nagging Feeling of somehow being apart ..
