And yet, as their plot unfolds, everything we know about the story comes into question: What does the writer really want? Who is controlling the action? And what will happen when these two worlds-east and west, real and virtual-collide?Ī fierce, provocative, and deeply affecting novel of both ideas and action that blends the tight construction of Julian Barnes’s The Sense of an Ending with the emotional power of Anthony Marra’s A Constellation of Vital Phenomena, Lidia Yuknavitch’s The Small Backs of Children is a major step forward from one of our most avidly watched writers. The image wins acclaim and prizes, becoming an icon for millions-and a subject of obsession for one writer, the photographer’s best friend, who has suffered a devastating tragedy of her own.Īs the writer plunges into a suicidal depression, her filmmaker husband enlists several friends, including a fearless bisexual poet and an ingenuous performance artist, to save her by rescuing the unknown girl and bringing her to the United States. In a war-torn village in Eastern Europe, an American photographer captures a heart-stopping image: a young girl flying toward the lens, fleeing a fiery explosion that has engulfed her home and family. With the flash of a camera, one girl’s life is shattered, and a host of others altered forever. A masterful literary talent explores the treacherous, often violent borders between war and sex, love and art.
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