Last Things

Last Things

by JennyOffill (Author)

Synopsis

To eight-year-old Grace, the world is full of mysterious things that most people will never see. Whist her mother, Anna, draws Grace deeper and deeper into a world of myth and obsession, her father, a dedicated rationalist, tries to convince her that the world is well-ordered and reasonable.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 03 Jul 2000

ISBN 10: 0747545987
ISBN 13: 9780747545989

Media Reviews
A beautiful debut novel, a gently funny tragedy about childhood and madness . . . pokes at the boundaries between reason and imagination. --Newsday Jenny Offill . . . has created a fantastical family, at times loving and sweet, sorrowful and dangerous. The prose, though told through the eyes of Grace, is sparse, elegant, and inviting. --The Boston Globe Offill's deceptively simple prose, her exquisite sense of metaphor and her ear for humor capture the subtle perceptions of this wise child so that we feel to the bone her burgeoning awareness. --Chicago Tribune [A] gem of a first novel. --Los Angeles Times Book Review Offill's dialogue and quirky details are truly delightful. --Baltimore Sun