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Little Labors - Softcover

Galchen, Rivka

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9780811222969: Little Labors
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0811222969 ISBN 13: 9780811222969
Publisher: New Directions, 2019

Synopsis

In paperback at last: Rivka Galchen’s beloved baby bible―slyly hilarious, surprising, and absolutely essential reading for anyone who has ever had, held, or been a baby

In this enchanting miscellany, Galchen notes that literature has more dogs than babies (and also more abortions), that the tally of children for many great women writers―Jane Bowles, Elizabeth Bishop, Virginia Woolf, Janet Frame, Willa Cather, Patricia Highsmith, Iris Murdoch, Djuna Barnes, Mavis Gallant―is zero, that orange is the new baby pink, that The Tale of Genji has no plot but plenty of drama about paternity, that babies exude an intoxicating black magic, and that a baby is a goldmine. 

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About the Author

RIVKA GALCHEN's 2008 first novel, Atmospheric Disturbances, and her 2014 story collection, American Innovations, were both New York Times Best Books of the Year. She has received many awards, as well as an MD from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Galchen lives in New York City.

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Publisher
New Directions
Publication date
2019
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0811222969
ISBN 13 
9780811222969
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
144
Rating
  • 3.95 out of 5 stars
    2,459 ratings by Goodreads