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Cargando... A Sick Gray Laugh (edición 2019)por Nicole Cushing (Autor)
Información de la obraA Sick Gray Laugh por Nicole Cushing
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Award-winning author Noelle Cashman is no stranger to depression and anxiety. In fact, her entire authorial brand, showcased in such titles as The Girl with the Gun in Her Mouth, Leather Noose, and The Breath Curse, has been built on the hopeless phantasmagoric visions she experiences when in the grip of paranoid psychosis. But Noelle has had enough, and, author brand be damned, has found help for her illness in the form of an oblong yellow pill, taken twice daily.Since starting on this medication, Noelle's symptoms have gone into remission. She's taken up jogging. She's joined a softball team. For the first time in Noelle's life, she feels hope. She's even started work on a nonfiction book, a history of her small southern Indiana town.But then Noelle starts to notice the overwhelming Grayness that dominates her neighborhood, slathered over everything like a thick coat of snot, threatening to assimilate all.From Bram Stoker Award-winning author Nicole Cushing comes A Sick Gray Laugh, a novel about madness, depression, history, Utopian cults, literature, sports, and all the ways we struggle to stay sane in an insane world. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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I can say that I liked it, that it was literary, and that it was beautifully written.
There were deep, dark, and gray ideas explored. If I had to put labels on it, (which is difficult to do), I'd use these:
metafiction
dark humor
weird tales
somewhat nihilistic
dense
After reading a few other reviews once I was finished, it seems that my favorite part was the least favorite part of others, and that was the middle. The first and third portions were more involved with Noelle's, (Nicole's?), life, discoveries, and aspirations whereas the second portion focused on a cult-like veil-wearing group traveling to the U.S. by ship and then onward towards the midwest. The New Moses and his group made for fascinating reading and I was sorry when the author moved on.
Overall, I did enjoy this compelling piece of fiction, but I will admit to the fact that my mind did wander a bit, especially during the first and third parts. Did I like it? YES! Do I recommend it? YES!
Was it my favorite work of fiction from Nicole Cushing, no-but that's ok.
I never know what to expect when I read her work, but I ALWAYS know that it's going to be original, well written, and that it will make me think.
As I said above: Recommended!
Get your copy here: https://amzn.to/2R88Y0n
*Thank you to Nicole Cushing for the e-ARC of this book in exchange for my honest feedback. This is it.* (