Vacation
by Deb Olin Unferth
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Author: Deb Olin UnferthEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-09-03
ISBN: 1934781096
Number of pages: 215
Publisher: McSweeney's
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Book Review: A TAD ABSURD
Summary: 3 Stars
This book is worth a read, if only for an unusual view of humanity. Everyone experiences it, but few people write about it successfully: human nature is a strange thing.
There are several narratives happening at once, and Ms. Unferth craftily slides back and forth between the three--perhaps four?--stories. I found her writing style mildly tiresome, because of her sometimes awkward blatancy, but I still feel that this book has value as a vignette of the more unusual side of silly humans. Why not pick people apart, warts hairs and all? I think all of us will be able to identify with some aspect of the characters in the book.
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