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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. The image, instantly iconic, garners acclaim and prizes--and, in the United States, becomes a subject of obsession for one writer, the photographer's best friend, who has suffered a devastating tragedy of her own.
In a bid to save the writer from a spiraling depression, her filmmaker husband enlists a group of friends--including a fearless bisexual poet, an ingenuous performance artist, and the writer's playwright brother and painter ex-husband--to rescue the unknown girl and bring her to the United States. And yet, as their plot unfolds, everything we know 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?
A fierce, provocative, and deeply affecting novel exploring the often violent borders between war and sex, love and art, The Small Backs of Children is a major step forward from one of our most avidly watched writers.
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- Title The Small Backs of Children
- Author Lidia Yuknavitch
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition, F
- Pages 240
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper, New York, NY
- Date 2015-07
- ISBN 9780062383242 / 0062383248
- Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
- Dimensions 8.4 x 5.8 x 1 in (21.34 x 14.73 x 2.54 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Women authors, Depression in women
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Citations
- Entertainment Weekly, 06/19/2015, Page 44
- Kirkus Reviews, 05/01/2015, Page 0
- Library Journal, 05/15/2015, Page 79
- Library Journal Prepub Alert, 02/01/2015, Page 60
- Publishers Weekly, 05/25/2015, Page 0
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