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Thrust
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bookshelves: apocalyptic, environmental-fiction, historical-fiction, special-needs
Jun 22, 2022
bookshelves: apocalyptic, environmental-fiction, historical-fiction, special-needs
Lidia Yuknavitch’s extraordinary new novel is the weirdest, most mind-blowing book about America I’ve ever inhaled. Part history, part prophecy, all fever dream, “Thrust� offers a radical critique of the foundational ideals that conceal our persistent national crimes. As we march from Juneteenth to July 4, this is a story to scrub the patinated surface of our civic pride.
There’s a tidal movement to “Thrust,� whose chapters ebb and flow across 200 years in and around the New York Harbor. At the opening, we catch a vision of immigrants working on a colossal new monument designed in France and shipped in pieces to the United States. With allusions to Walt Whitman, Yuknavitch gives voice to the multitude. “We were woodworkers, iron workers, roofers and plasterers and brick masons,� the narrator intones. “We were. . . .
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There’s a tidal movement to “Thrust,� whose chapters ebb and flow across 200 years in and around the New York Harbor. At the opening, we catch a vision of immigrants working on a colossal new monument designed in France and shipped in pieces to the United States. With allusions to Walt Whitman, Yuknavitch gives voice to the multitude. “We were woodworkers, iron workers, roofers and plasterers and brick masons,� the narrator intones. “We were. . . .
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June 7, 2022
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environmental-fiction
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historical-fiction
June 22, 2022
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special-needs
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Jun 22, 2022 12:42PM
Sounds interesting and reminiscent of Tom Robbins. I enjoyed your review.
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This one I have to read! Not only based on the review, but even more on the comments that followed. Obviously it stirs passionate reactions. Right up my alley, I'd guess.
Great review. The book sounds like an onanistic feast for lefties!
