My phantom husband
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Author
Contributions
- Allen, Esther, 1962- - Contributor
Publication
1999 - New Press, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
38,500 words, Guess
Page Count
154 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL390145M
- ISBN-101565845382
- OCLC Control Number40543998
- OCLC Control Numbermyphantomhusband00darr
- Library of Congress Control Number98055513
and 2 more
- Goodreads1345661
- LibraryThing171072
Classifications
- DDC843/.914
- LCCPQ2664.A7214 N3513 1999
Description
The premise is simple, but the story quickly becomes surreal: the narrator's husband leaves to buy a loaf of bread and never returns. Searching for him day and night, forced to explain his absence to friends and family, the unnamed narrator withdraws into a mysterious universe ruled more by image than language. In the wake of her husband's disappearance, the world becomes a strangely immaterial place, shapeless, devoid of sentiment. Once-familiar territories become terrifying: the supermarket, the beach, the bedroom. Even the wedding album has changed: her husband's face now appears altered in every shot. An innovative, daring book on the physicality of absence, My Phantom Husband explores familiar reactions to sudden loss and the disruption of daily routine.
Subjects
Genres
- Fiction.
Other Editions
- My phantom husband
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