This Wicked Tongue

Fast-paced, character-driven, fabulist narratives mine our shifting allegiances to identities shaped by belief, geography, and love.

In the dark and eerie style of Joy Williams or Karen Russell, this character-driven collection from Elise Levine is tough and tender, filled with complicated people longing for independence from the scripts of the past. From a sniping road-tripping couple in the desert to a cantankerous divinity-school candidate on the prairies to a frustrated cop in a cave in the south of France, This Wicked Tongue showcases the gritty and the sublime.

Naratiunile fabuliste, cu ritm rapid, orientate spre personaje, extrag fidelitatea noastra schimbatoare fata de identitatile modelate de credinta, geografie si dragoste. In stilul intunecat si ciudat al lui Joy Williams sau Karen Russell, aceasta colectie bazata pe personaje de la Elise Levine este dura si tandra , plin de oameni complicati care tanjesc dupa independenta fata de scenariile din trecut.