Many Things Have Happened Since He Died

by Elizabeth Dewberry and Elizabeth Dewberry Vaughn

Book Overview

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679735682
• ISBN13: 9780679735687
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Vintage Books USA
• Length: 267 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.2" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Stream of Consciousness Never Tasted So Good

This beautiful and captivating novel is written in the very unique voice of a young woman whose view of Christianity is both compelling and horrifying. She strives to be submissive for Christ's sake, but her intense, violent husband makes that quite a challenge. There is something pitifully real and moving about her--and the humor is not like any I've read before. The narrative voice is very stream-of-consciousness, but accessible once you pick up the rhythm, something I found quite easy to do. A unique protagonist, a unique novel.

Amazing use of language and voice

This is the kind of novel that makes one forget to breathe, it's so compelling. From the first sentence to the last, every word of Dewberry's novel feels vital and necessary; at times I felt I was reading an extended poem. Told in the haunting first-person voice of a young wife, Many Things Have Happened Since He Died recounts her struggles with an abusive husband and an emotionally tangled family. Often beautiful, often disturbing, often sad, this book kept me riveted. By far the best novel I've read this year.

Memorable

I read this book 5 years ago. It always comes to mind when I think about great books I've read. The author's use of language and voice is unparralleled .