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by Lydia Millet| 2013| 255 pages| 0.2222| other

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After her husband's death, Susan Lindley moves into her late, great uncle's Pasadena mansion and restores his taxidermy collection while being joined in the residence by an equally strange human menagerie in the new novel from the author of Ghost Lights.<br> <span>Pulitzer Prize finalist Lydia Millet is one of the most acclaimed novelists of her generation (Scott Timberg, </span><span>Los Angeles Times</span><span>). </span><span>Salon</span><span> praised her for writing that is always flawlessly beautiful, reaching for an experience that precedes language itself. The </span><span>Village Voice</span><span> added, If Kurt Vonnegut were still alive, he would be extremely jealous. </span><p><span>This stunning new novel presents Susan Lindley, a woman adrift after her husband's death and the dissolution of her family. Embarking on a new phase in her life after inheriting her uncle's sprawling mansion and its vast collection of taxidermy, Susan decides to restore the neglected, moth-eaten animal mounts, tending to "the fur and feathers, the beaks, the bones and shimmering tails." Meanwhile an equally derelict human menagerie--including an unfaithful husband and a chorus of eccentric old women--joins her in residence.</span></p><p><span>In a setting both wondrous and absurd, Susan defends her legacy from freeloading relatives and explores the mansion's unknown spaces. Funny and heartbreaking, </span><span>Magnificence</span><span> explores evolution and extinction, children and parenthood, loss and revelation. The result is the rapturous final act to the critically acclaimed cycle of novels that began with </span><span>How the Dead Dream</span><span>.</span></p>

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Author:Lydia Millet
Publication Year:2013
ISBN:393346854
Pages:255
Language:other
File Size:0.2222
Format:PDF
Price:FREE
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