Atmospheric Disturbances: A Novel (repost)
Atmospheric Disturbances: A Novel By Rivka Galchen
Publisher: Far rar, Stra us and Giro ux 2008 | 256 Pages | ISBN: 0374200114 | PDF | 12 MB
Publisher: Far rar, Stra us and Giro ux 2008 | 256 Pages | ISBN: 0374200114 | PDF | 12 MB
Amazon Best of the Month, June 2008: Imagine what it might be like to realize that the person you love is, in fact, not the person you love but a doppelgänger: or, what Leo Liebenstein coolly terms a "simulacrum" of his wife Rema at the outset of Atmospheric Disturbances. David Byrne's infamous cry that "this is not my beautiful wife" seems the most likely response, but Leo's reaction to this sea change takes unpredictable and dazzlingly plotted turns in the story that follows.