Format:
Book
Author:
Burns, Anna, 1962- author.
Title:
Milkman / Anna Burns.
Publisher, Date:
Minneapolis, Minnesota : Graywolf Press, [2018]
Description:
352 pages ; 21 cm
Summary:
Winner of the Man Booker Prize "Everything about this novel rings true. . . . Original, funny, disarmingly oblique and unique."-The Guardian In an unnamed city, middle sister stands out for the wrong reasons. She reads while walking, for one. And she has been taking French night classes downtown. So when a local paramilitary known as the milkman begins pursuing her, she suddenly becomes "interesting," the last thing she ever wanted to be. Despite middle sister's attempts to avoid him-and to keep her mother from finding out about her maybe-boyfriend-rumors spread and the threat of violence lingers. Milkman is a story of the way inaction can have enormous repercussions, in a time when the wrong flag, wrong religion, or even a sunset can be subversive. Told with ferocious energy and sly, wicked humor, Milkman establishes Anna Burns as one of the most consequential voices of our day.
Subjects:
Single women -- Fiction.
Courtship -- Fiction.
Genre:
Domestic fiction.
LCCN:
2018958148
ISBN:
1644450003
9781644450000
Other Number:
1066115046
System Availability:
2
Current Holds:
0
# Local items:
2
Control Number:
383720
Call Number:
FIC BURNS 2018
Course Reserves:
0
# Local items in:
2
# System items in:
2