In Lorrie Moore’s first novel in 14 years, 2016’s chaos becomes a wild metaphysical trip
1 year, 9 months ago

In Lorrie Moore’s first novel in 14 years, 2016’s chaos becomes a wild metaphysical trip

LA Times  

Lorrie Moore’s latest novel takes a metaphysical trip through highways, histories and the land of the dead — all set in a country divided against itself. Lorrie Moore’s fourth novel, “I Am Homeless if This Is Not My Home,” is, as Winston Churchill once observed of the Soviet Union, a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. Books Lorrie Moore’s ‘Bark’ finds grandeur in the day-to-day Domestic life motivates many of the stories in ‘Bark,’ Lorrie Moore’s first fiction collection in 15 years. Imagine if Addie Bundren were awake and talking throughout William Faulkner’s “As I Lay Dying.” “Death was a sea and Life was another sea”: This may be the most illuminating statement in the narrative.

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Book Review: Lorrie Moore brings her maximalist wordplay to a macabre exploration of love and death
1 year, 9 months ago

Book Review: Lorrie Moore brings her maximalist wordplay to a macabre exploration of love and death

Associated Press  

“I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home,” by Lorrie Moore Lorrie Moore has loss on her mind. At his bedside, they banter amusingly about the World Series, Finn’s suicidal ex-girlfriend, Lily, and his cranky view that the progressive left needs to “reclaim the term conspiracy theory” from the “barbarians” on the right. Moore is widely revered as a …

Bark, By Lorrie Moore: Book Review
11 years ago

Bark, By Lorrie Moore: Book Review

The Independent  

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