House Mother Normal, subtitled "A Geriatric Comedy, " is the English writer B. S. Johnson's fifth novel. Unusual in both its subject and structure, this novel is a remarkable study of old age, stripped of sentimentality and spiked with bizarre language and perceptions. Made up of eight monologues describing a single day at a nursing home, House Mother Normal explores the failing minds of the elderly with precision, humor, and unflagging compassion, and Johnson achieves, with inventiveness and escalating absurdity, a vivid multidimensional effect.
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ISBN | 9780811222143 |
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Sprache | eng |
Cover | Kartonierter Einband (Kt) |
Verlag | New Directions |
Jahr | 20160823 |
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