House Mother Normal
| Author | : B.S. Johnson |
| Publisher | : New Directions Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 144 |
| Release | : 2016-08-23 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780811225854 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0811225852 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (852 Downloads) |
Download or read book House Mother Normal written by B.S. Johnson and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 2016-08-23 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wild, experimental, polyphonic novel, recounting a typical day of diminishing returns at a nursing home House Mother Normal, subtitled “A Geriatric Comedy,” is the English writer B. S. Johnson’s fifth novel. Unusual in both its subject and structure, this novel is a remarkable study of old age, stripped of sentimentality and spiked with bizarre language and perceptions. Made up of eight monologues describing a single day at a nursing home, House Mother Normal explores the failing minds of the elderly with precision, humor, and unflagging compassion, and Johnson achieves, with inventiveness and escalating absurdity, a vivid multidimensional effect.
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