The Words After Carl Sandburg's Rootabaga Stories and Jean-Paul Sartre

by Carla Harryman

Fiction. In THE WORDS, Harryman playfully examines the family, the suburbs, daily life, the position of woman, while boldly undermining notions about character and plot. There's a ferocity to her wit, a cunning to her deconstructions -- and always a devotion to language, its elasticity and limits. I admire Harryman's rare mind, its gleeful feminism, broad intelligence and anarchic inventiveness! -- Lynne Tillman. At last, children's literature has...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1882022394
• ISBN13: 9781882022397
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: O Books
• Length: 106 Pages
• Weight: 0.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"