A Short Rhetoric for Leaving the Family (Paperback)

Peter Dimock

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Language: English

Published by Dalkey Archive Press, Normal, IL, 1998

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Paperback. Fiction. "This is a singular book. Peter Dimock's "A Short Rhetoric For Leaving The Family" possesses the rich, intricate, and subtle patternings of the verbal lacemaker's craft. A remarkable debut" (Toni Morrison). Hundreds of novels have explored the war in Vietnam. This is the first to explore the world of the architects of that war, and it cuts terribly close to home. Dimock brilliantly exposes the pained heart of a single family and offers a vision of what their way of life still costs us all. His book raises with startling freshness ancient yet urgent questions about relations between image, word and act. "For the sake of this bastard's pleasured gain, Father, / you broke the back of the world / losing everything?" In what is both a brilliantly written investigation of family relationships and a scathing attack on the political rhetoric that guides American politics, Dimock creates a diary-like novel in which the narrator instructs his children in the family's sordid history. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Title
A Short Rhetoric for Leaving the Family (Paperback)
Author
Peter Dimock
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press, Normal, IL
Publication year
1998
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Binding
Paperback
Language
English
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1564782107
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