Household Mechanics

by Sarah Mangold

In Household Mechanics, Sarah Mangold's brilliant and eccentric first book, the story is never fully told but introduced and re-introduced. Line after dislocated line recalls our own attempt to reach the essence of the subject in the only way we know how--by continuously broaching it. Here, overheard conversation, family stories, literary theory, music, and even TV become part of history, the story one tells and retells. By turns playful and acerbic,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1930974167
• ISBN13: 9781930974166
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: New Issues Poetry and Prose
• Length: 61 Pages
• Weight: 4.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.5" x 8.4"